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NEARSIDE
Definition of NEARSIDE
noun
The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
near + side
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEARSIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEARSIDE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEARSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEARSIDE?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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