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SWANHERD
Definition of SWANHERD
noun
A person who tends or herds swans; a keeper of swans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1475-85, swan + herd
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.
SWANHERD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWANHERD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHNRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SWANHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWANHERD?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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