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SERVICEMAN
Definition of SERVICEMAN
noun
A man who serves in the armed forces.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From service + -man.
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.
SERVICEMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 79 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SERVICEMAN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIMNRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SERVIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SERVICEMAN?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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