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SILKWEED
Definition of SILKWEED
noun
Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From silk + weed.
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.
SILKWEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SILKWEED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEIKLSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SILKWE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SILKWEED?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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