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CYDER
Definition of CYDER
noun
Archaic spelling of cider.
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Word DNA
CYDER inherits its ancestry from its root, CIDER.
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 (516)
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.
CYDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CYDER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CYDER?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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