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YAWNER
Definition of YAWNER
noun
A person who yawns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From yawn + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, YAWN · 4 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.
YAWNER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 137 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YAWNER starts with Y and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AENRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found YAWNER?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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