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SEMBLANT
Definition of SEMBLANT
noun
One's outward appearance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French semblant. Doublet of simulant.
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.
SEMBLANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEMBLANT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABELMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SEMBLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found SEMBLANT?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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