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SERENDIPITY
Definition of SERENDIPITY
noun
The phenomenon of making an unplanned, fortunate discovery through a combination of unexpected circumstances and insightful recognition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Serendip (“variant of Serendib: Ceylon, Sri Lanka”) + -ity. Coined by English writer and politician Horace Walpole in 1754 based on the Persian story of the Three Princes of Serendip, who (Walpole wrote to a friend) were “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”.
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.
SERENDIPITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 253 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SERENDIPITY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEEIINPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start SERENDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SERENDIPITY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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