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SAUCER
Definition of SAUCER
noun
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,360)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SAUCER · 2 relatives 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.
SAUCER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAUCER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACERSU - 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 SAUCER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SAUCER?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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