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GRINDER
Definition of GRINDER
noun
One who grinds something, such as the teeth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind + -er. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “where did sandwich sense come from”
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,175)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRIND · 3 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.
GRINDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRINDER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEGINRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRINDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRINDER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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