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ASIDE
Definition of ASIDE
adverb
To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan (literally “on (the) side (of)”), equivalent to a- + side. Compare beside.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,984)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ASIDE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASIDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found ASIDE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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