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YIELDS
Definition of YIELDS
noun
plural of yield
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Word DNA
YIELDS inherits its ancestry from its root, YIELD.
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, YIELD · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
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.
YIELDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YIELDS starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEILSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found YIELDS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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