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CIDER
Definition of CIDER
noun
An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sider, cidre, sidre, from Old French cisdre, sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār, “liquor”). Doublet of cyser. Partially displaced earlier English apple wine.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (526)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CIDER · 5 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.
CIDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CIDER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEIR - 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.
Words that start CIDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found CIDER?
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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