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NEARSIDES
Definition of NEARSIDES
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
NEARSIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, NEARSIDE.
How it is built
Same root, NEARSIDE · 1 relative 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.
NEARSIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 70 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEARSIDES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEINRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear 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 NEARSIDES?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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