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SEEL
Definition of SEEL
adjective
Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sel, sele, from Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”) (attested in Old English unsǣle (“evil, wicked”)), from Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Danish sæl (“blissful”), Dutch zalig (“blissful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”), Swedish säll (“blissful”).
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.
SEEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEEL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EELS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SEEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found SEEL?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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