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STRANDER

8 letters

Definition of STRANDER

noun

a machine that combines thread (strands) into a cable

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From strand + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-er

Same root, STRAND · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STRANDER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 142
Its one board, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

katherine

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STRANDER
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STRANDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADENRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Words that start STRAND

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STRANDSTRANDSSTRANDEDSTRANDERSSTRANDINGSTRANDFLATSTRANDLINESTRANDWOLFSTRANDFLATSSTRANDLINESSTRANDEDNESSSTRANDEDNESSES

Could you have found STRANDER?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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