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SECUND
Definition of SECUND
adjective
Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk; unilateral.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin secundus (“following the course or current of wind or water”). Doublet of second and secundo.
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.
SECUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SECUND starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDENSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SECUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found SECUND?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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