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CLEARS
Definition of CLEARS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of clear
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Word DNA
CLEARS inherits its ancestry from its root, CLEAR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLEAR · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Norwegian, Old English, Old Norse, Portuguese and 3 more.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLEARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CLEARS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLEARS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found CLEARS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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