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SIDER
Definition of SIDER
noun
One who takes a side.
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Where it comes from
From side + -er (agent noun suffix).
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.
SIDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SIDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SIDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found SIDER?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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