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YAIRD
Definition of YAIRD
noun
Obsolete form of yard.
noun
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
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Word DNA
YAIRD inherits its ancestry from its root, YARD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, YARD · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit and 1 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YAIRD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
YAIRD starts with Y and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADIRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found YAIRD?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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