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ADDER
Definition of ADDER
noun
Any snake.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”). See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADDER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADDER - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADDER?
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