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SEDIMENT

/ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/8 letters

Definition of SEDIMENT

noun

A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SEDIMENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 98
Its 26 boards, across 98 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
26
Boards found on
19
First board
98
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

gnathan

on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SEDIMENT
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SEDIMENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

DEMENTISTIDESMEN

Words that start SEDIME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SEDIMENTSSEDIMENTEDSEDIMENTARYSEDIMENTINGSEDIMENTOUSSEDIMENTABLESEDIMENTATIONSEDIMENTOLOGYSEDIMENTATIONSSEDIMENTOLOGICSEDIMENTOLOGIESSEDIMENTOLOGIST

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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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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