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SEQUOIA
Definition of SEQUOIA
noun
Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Sequoia.
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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.
SEQUOIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 153 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEQUOIA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEIOQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SEQUOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SEQUOIA?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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