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SEARCH
Definition of SEARCH
noun
An attempt to find something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō,,circāre (“to circle; go around; search for”), from circus. Unrelated to German suchen, which is cognate with English seek.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SEARCH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEARCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEARCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEHRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEARCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found SEARCH?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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