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SWINEHERD
Definition of SWINEHERD
noun
A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English swynherde, from Old English swīnhierde. Cognate with German Schweinehirt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,219)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWINEHERD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWINEHERD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWINEHERD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHINRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SWINEH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found SWINEHERD?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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