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SEPIA
Definition of SEPIA
noun
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.
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.
SEPIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 124 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEPIA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEPIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SEPIA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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