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SWITCH
Definition of SWITCH
noun
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), first attested in c. 1592. The mechanical device for altering the direction of something sense is first attested in c. 1797, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways, which were once wooden.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (110)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWITCH · 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.
SWITCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SWITCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHISTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SWITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SWITCH?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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