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SAIL
Definition of SAIL
noun
A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Swedish segel.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SAIL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found SAIL?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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