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SWEDGE
Definition of SWEDGE
noun
A tool (originally a bevelled chisel) for making grooves in horseshoes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Variant of English swage (“a groove, moulding; moulding tool”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why the sense about leaving a restaurant without paying?”)
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.
SWEDGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWEDGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEGSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SWEDGE?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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