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SEMILITERATE
Definition of SEMILITERATE
adjective
Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From semi- + literate.
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.
SEMILITERATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEMILITERATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEEIILMRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, I and T appear more than once.
Words that start SEMILITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEMILITERATE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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