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THWARTER

/ˈθwɔː(ɹ).tə(ɹ)/8 letters

Definition of THWARTER

noun

A person or thing that thwarts.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From thwart + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-er

Same root, THWART · 4 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

THWARTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 172
Its one board, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
154
First board
18
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

apiscaerulea

on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

THWARTER
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

THWARTER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHRRTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and R appear more than once.

Words that start THWART

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

THWARTTHWARTSTHWARTEDTHWARTLYTHWARTERSTHWARTINGTHWARTEDLYTHWARTINGSTHWARTSHIPTHWARTWAYSTHWARTWISETHWARTINGLY

Could you have found THWARTER?

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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.

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