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SEMIDWARF
Definition of SEMIDWARF
noun
A plant that grows to a lesser height than usual for its kind, but taller than a dwarf variety.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From semi- + dwarf.
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.
SEMIDWARF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEMIDWARF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read ADEFIMRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SEMIDW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found SEMIDWARF?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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