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SAFEGUARD
Definition of SAFEGUARD
noun
Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard.
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.
SAFEGUARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SAFEGUARD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEFGRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SAFEGU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAFEGUARD?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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