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SERDAB
Definition of SERDAB
noun
A sealed chamber in an Ancient Egyptian tomb that held the ka statue of a deceased person, having a small slit or hole to allow the soul of the deceased to move about freely.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Arabic سِرْدَاب (sirdāb, “basement”).
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.
SERDAB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SERDAB starts with S and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABDERS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SERDAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found SERDAB?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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