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SINEWIER
Definition of SINEWIER
Wiktionary has no entry for SINEWIER itself. This is its base word, SINEWY.
adjective
Tough; having strong sinews.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SINEWY.
Inherited from Middle English synwy, synewy, synowy (“tendonous”); equivalent to sinew + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SINEWIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SINEWIER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEIINRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SINEWI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SINEWIER?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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