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SARDINE
Definition of SARDINE
noun
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).
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.
SARDINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SARDINE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEINRS - 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 SARDIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SARDINE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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