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SWINDLER
Definition of SWINDLER
noun
A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Schwindler, 1774.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (927)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWINDLER · 1 relative 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.
SWINDLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 86 boards so far. 423 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SWINDLER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEILNRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SWINDL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SWINDLER?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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