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SAPIENCE
Definition of SAPIENCE
noun
The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SAPIENCE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The character of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; profound knowledge; also, practical wisdom; common prudence: often used ironically.
noun
The reasonable soul; the intellective faculty; that which distinguishes men from brutes; reason.
noun
The sense of taste, or intelligence compared to taste.
noun
The apocryphal Book of Wisdom.
Where it comes from
From Middle English sapience, from Old French sapience, from Latin sapientia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
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.
SAPIENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAPIENCE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SAPIENCE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SAPIEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SAPIENCE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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