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ADOPTER
Definition of ADOPTER
noun
one who adopts
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From adopt + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADOPTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADOPTER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADOPTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found ADOPTER?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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