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SIDETRACKED
Definition of SIDETRACKED
verb
simple past and past participle of sidetrack
noun
A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.
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Word DNA
SIDETRACKED inherits its ancestry from its root, SIDETRACK.
How it is built
Same root, SIDETRACK · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIDETRACKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIDETRACKED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEEIKRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start SIDETRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SIDETRACKED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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