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SWITCHGEAR
Definition of SWITCHGEAR
noun
A device used to control, meter, protect, and regulate electronics as part of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.
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Where it comes from
From switch + gear.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWITCHGEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWITCHGEAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHIRSTW - 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.
Could you have found SWITCHGEAR?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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