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SELECTMAN
Definition of SELECTMAN
noun
Any of a board of municipal officers elected to manage some New England towns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From select + -man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SELECTMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SELECTMAN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEELMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SELECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SELECTMAN?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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