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SAYS
About SAYS
SAYS is a valid 4-letter word in OUTLIER, and one of the few with no English entry in Wiktionary - the dictionary a word game accepts is wider than the one an encyclopaedia keeps.
No definition is on file, so none is guessed at here.
Word DNA
SAYS inherits its ancestry from its root, SAY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
Same root, SAY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Norwegian and 6 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAYS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
Built from these letters
SAYS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ASSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SAYS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAYS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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