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SWITCHYARD
Definition of SWITCHYARD
noun
Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled.
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Where it comes from
From switch + yard.
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.
SWITCHYARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SWITCHYARD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIRSTWY - 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 SWITCHYARD?
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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