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SWARF
Definition of SWARF
noun
The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *swarf, *swerf, from Old English ġeswearf, ġesweorf (“iron filings; rust”) and/or Old Norse svarf (“metallic dust”), both from Proto-Germanic *swarbą (“that which is rubbed off; shavings”), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (“to mop, wipe; to rub off”); see further at swerve. The word is cognate to Old English sweorfan (“to rub, scour; to file”).
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.
SWARF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SWARF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read AFRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SWARF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found SWARF?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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