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SECONDE
Definition of SECONDE
noun
The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.
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Where it comes from
From French.
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.
SECONDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SECONDE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEENOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 SECOND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SECONDE?
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 115 - and most players walked straight past it.
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