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EATER

/ˈiː.tɚ/5 letters

Definition of EATER

noun

A person or animal who eats.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English eter, etere, etter, from Old English etere; equivalent to eat + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (food suitable for eating).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Revealed only in play
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EATER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 4 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
37
First board
101
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.

Built from these letters

EATER
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

EATER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start EATER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EATERSEATERYEATERIEEATERIES

Could you have found EATER?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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