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SANCTIFY
Definition of SANCTIFY
verb
To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman seintefier, from Old French saintefier, from Late Latin sānctificō, from Latin sānctus (“holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). Form altered to conform with Latin.
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.
SANCTIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SANCTIFY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACFINSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SANCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANCTIFY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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