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DWARFER
Definition of DWARFER
adjective
comparative form of dwarf: more dwarf
noun
Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
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Word DNA
DWARFER inherits its ancestry from its root, DWARF.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,919)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DWARF · 18 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Norwegian, Old Norse, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DWARFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DWARFER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEFRRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found DWARFER?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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