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ISLANDER
Definition of ISLANDER
noun
A person who lives on an island.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From island + -er. Displaced Middle English insulane (“islander”), from Latin īnsulānus (“islander”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ISLAND · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ISLANDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ISLANDER starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEILNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ISLAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ISLANDER?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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