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WATERSIDE
Definition of WATERSIDE
noun
The land bordering a body of water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English water-syde, water side, equivalent to water + -side.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WATERSIDE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WATERSIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
WATERSIDE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WATERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found WATERSIDE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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