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SAWER
Definition of SAWER
noun
One who saws; a sawyer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sawer, sagher, equivalent to saw + -er.
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.
SAWER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAWER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AERSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAWER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SAWER?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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