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SEWER

/ˈs(j)uːə/5 letters

Definition of SEWER

noun

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

SEWER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 13 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
24
First board
100
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

SEWER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SEWER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EERSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SEWER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SEWERSSEWEREDSEWERAGESEWERINGSEWERAGESSEWERINGSSEWERLESSSEWERLIKE

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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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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