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SECURE
Definition of SECURE
adjective
Free from attack or danger; protected.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SECURE · 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.
SECURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SECURE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEERSU - 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 SECURE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SECURE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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