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SWITCHMAN
Definition of SWITCHMAN
noun
A person who operates railway switches that route trains onto rail tracks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From switch + -man.
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.
SWITCHMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWITCHMAN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMNSTW - 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 SWITCHMAN?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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