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SWANNIEST
Definition of SWANNIEST
adjective
superlative form of swanny: most swanny
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Word DNA
SWANNIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, SWAN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,787)
How it is built
Same root, SWAN · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Sanskrit, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWANNIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 78 days.
Built from these letters
SWANNIEST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEINNSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 SWANNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWANNIEST?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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