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WESTERN
Definition of WESTERN
adjective
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz. By surface analysis, west + -ern.
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.
WESTERN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 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 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WESTERN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EENRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WESTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WESTERN?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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