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SANDIER
Definition of SANDIER
adjective
comparative form of sandy: more sandy
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Word DNA
SANDIER inherits its ancestry from its root, SANDY.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,961)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SANDY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SANDIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SANDIER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SANDIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANDIER?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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