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SHOWYARD
Definition of SHOWYARD
noun
An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From show + yard.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOWYARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOWYARD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADHORSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHOWYA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHOWYARD?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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