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SINEWY
Definition of SINEWY
adjective
Tough; having strong sinews.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English synwy, synewy, synowy (“tendonous”); equivalent to sinew + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
SINEWY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 214 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SINEWY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EINSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SINEWY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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