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SWEARER
Definition of SWEARER
noun
One who swears.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English swerere; equivalent to swear + -er.
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 (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWEAR · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWEARER 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 76 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWEARER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEERRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SWEARE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWEARER?
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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