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SAWDER
Definition of SAWDER
noun
Archaic form of solder.
noun
Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By corruption.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SAWDER · 1 relative 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.
SAWDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAWDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADERSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAWDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found SAWDER?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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