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SECRET
Definition of SECRET
noun
A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The noun is from Middle English secret, from Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secretum. Displaced Old English dēagolnes (“a secret”). The verb is from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SECRET · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SECRET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SECRET starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEERST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SECRET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SECRET?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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