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YAARS
Definition of YAARS
noun
plural of yaar
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Word DNA
YAARS inherits its ancestry from its root, YAAR.
Line of descent
- Persian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (506)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YAAR · 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.
YAARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 91 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YAARS starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AARSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found YAARS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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