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SANICLE
Definition of SANICLE
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Sanicula, having palmate compound leaves and small flowers arranged in umbels; the snakeroot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin sanare (“to heal”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SANICLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 88, 16 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SANICLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SANICL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANICLE?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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