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ESTUARIAN
Definition of ESTUARIAN
adjective
Related to or characteristic of an estuary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From estuary + -ian.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESTUARIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESTUARIAN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEINRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ESTUAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ESTUARIAN?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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