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WINTERER
Definition of WINTERER
noun
One that spends winter in a specified location; a winter visitor or resident; one that winters. A member of an expedition that resides in Antarctica over winter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From winter (noun or verb) + -er. First attested in 1635.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WINTERER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINTERER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEINRRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start WINTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WINTERER?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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