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SERGEANCY
Definition of SERGEANCY
noun
The role, rank or office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sergeancie, from Anglo-Norman serjancie and Medieval Latin serjantia, sergantia. Compare sergeanty.
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.
SERGEANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SERGEANCY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGNRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SERGEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SERGEANCY?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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