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REED
Definition of REED
noun
Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English red, from Old English hrēod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud (“reed”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with North Frisian raid (“reed”), Saterland Frisian Räit (“reed”), West Frisian reid (“reed”), Dutch riet (“reed”), German Reet, Ried (“reed”). No cognates in North Germanic languages, but the existence of an otherwise unattested Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳 (*hriud) was supposed by the brothers Grimm. They also theorised that the word may have a relation to the retas mentioned in Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius). The measuring reed sense is the translation of Akkadian qanûm ("cane") used in the Bible and elsewhere.
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.
REED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEER - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found REED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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