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SAWNEY
Definition of SAWNEY
noun
A fool, an idiot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
(fool, idiot): From Sawney, a Scots variant of the personal name Sandy.
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.
SAWNEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 69 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAWNEY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AENSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SAWNEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found SAWNEY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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