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SCREWERS
Definition of SCREWERS
noun
plural of screwer
SCREWER
noun
Somebody or something that screws.
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Word DNA
SCREWERS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCREW.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCREW · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Middle Dutch, Portuguese, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Spanish, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCREWERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCREWERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEERRSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, R and E appear more than once.
Could you have found SCREWERS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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