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SEAPLANE
Definition of SEAPLANE
noun
Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sea + plane. Supposedly coined by Winston Churchill.
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.
SEAPLANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEAPLANE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEELNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEAPLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEAPLANE?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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