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TWIERS
Definition of TWIERS
noun
plural of twier
TUYERE · via twier
noun
A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
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Word DNA
TWIERS inherits its ancestry from its root, TUYERE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, TUYERE · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TWIERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TWIERS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TWIERS?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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