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SCIENCE
Definition of SCIENCE
noun
A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).
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%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCIENCE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCIENCE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SCIENCE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CCEEINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Words that start SCIENC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCIENCE?
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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