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SERAPH
Definition of SERAPH
noun
A burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation of singular from plural seraphim, from Latin seraphim, from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (sərāp̄īm), plural form of שָׂרָף (sārāp̄). The plural "seraphims" occurs in the King James Bible (Isaiah chapter 6). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the singular "seraph" may have originated with John Milton, who used it in Book I of Paradise Lost (1667).
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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.
SERAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SERAPH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEHPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
9 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SERAPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SERAPH?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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