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SADDLER
Definition of SADDLER
noun
Someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles, harnesses etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sadeler, sadelere, equivalent to saddle + -er. Cognate with Old Norse sǫðlari (“saddler”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.5%
of traced words share this origin (1,958)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SADDLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SADDLER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADDELRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SADDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SADDLER?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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