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SWIDDEN
Definition of SWIDDEN
noun
An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.
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Where it comes from
Possibly from a dialectal form *swiden of Middle English swithen, past participle of Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to singe, burn”). Compare also Old Norse sviðinn (“burnt, singed”, past participle). Alternatively, from Old Norse sviðna (“to be burned”) or Old High German swedan (“to be burned”). Either way, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną. First attested in 1868. If their respective theories align, then a distant cognate of German Schwyz, hence Swiss.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWIDDEN 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 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SWIDDEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DDEINSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SWIDDEN?
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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