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SAFE
Definition of SAFE
adjective
Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salawos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”). Displaced Old English sicor (“secure, sure”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAFE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 95 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SAFE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SAFE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found SAFE?
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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