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ADDERS
Definition of ADDERS
noun
plural of adder
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Word DNA
ADDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, ADDER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, ADDER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Latin, Welsh.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ADDERS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDERS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADDERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADDERS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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