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CYDERS
Definition of CYDERS
noun
plural of cyder
CIDER · via cyder
noun
An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
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Word DNA
CYDERS 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 (515)
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.
CYDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CYDERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDERSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CYDERS?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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