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AYRE
Definition of AYRE
noun
A narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From an unattested Norn word, from Old Norse eyrr. Compare Icelandic eyri, Norwegian øyr.
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.
AYRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AYRE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found AYRE?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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