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SWITCHER
Definition of SWITCHER
noun
One who or that which operates a switch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From switch + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SWITCHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SWITCHER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHIRSTW - 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 28
Could you have found SWITCHER?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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