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SENIOR
Definition of SENIOR
adjective
Older.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.
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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.
SENIOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SENIOR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SENIOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SENIOR?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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