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SEAR
Definition of SEAR
adjective
Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English sere, seer, seere, from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, sere, sear, withered, barren”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ews- (“dry, parched”) (also reconstructed as *h₂sews-). Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry, rough”), Low German soor (“dry”), German sohr (“parched, dried up”), dialectal Norwegian søyr (“the desiccation and death of a tree”), Lithuanian saũsas (“dry”), Ukrainian сухий (suxyj, “dry”), Polish suchy (“dry”), Homeric Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos, “dry”). Doublet of sere and sare.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AERS - 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 SEAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SEAR?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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