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SAWLOG
Definition of SAWLOG
noun
The part of a tree stem that will be processed at a sawmill, rather than becoming pulpwood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From saw + log.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAWLOG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAWLOG starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGLOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SAWLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAWLOG?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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