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SALE
Definition of SALE
noun
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sale, from Old English sala (“act of selling, sale”), from Old Norse sala (“sale”), from Proto-Germanic *salō (“delivery”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to grab”).
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.
SALE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 43 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SALE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SALE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found SALE?
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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