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YEARD
Definition of YEARD
noun
Alternative 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
How it is built
Same root, YEARD · 2 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.
YEARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 91 days.
First found by a player on Day 63, 22 July 2026.
Built from these letters
YEARD starts with Y and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start YEARD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found YEARD?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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