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BINDER
Definition of BINDER
noun
Someone who binds. Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English byndere; equivalent to bind + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,275)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BIND · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BINDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
BINDER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BDEINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 BINDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found BINDER?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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