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SERGE
Definition of SERGE
noun
A type of worsted cloth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (143)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SERGE · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SERGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SERGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SERGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SERGE?
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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