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WIDENER
Definition of WIDENER
noun
Any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to produce a hole greater than its own diameter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From widen + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WIDE · 7 relatives 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.
WIDENER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WIDENER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEEINRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WIDENE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found WIDENER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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