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SIBILANCE
Definition of SIBILANCE
noun
The quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality.
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Other senses
SIBILANCE carries 2 further meanings.
noun
The character or quality of being sibilant; also, a hissing sound.
noun
The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation.
Word DNA
How it is built
SIBILANCE in a sentence
“I’m mostly pro-stimulus myself, but I don’t think that extra bit of sibilance is going to persuade anyone.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIBILANCE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 92 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SIBILANCE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEIILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SIBILANCE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SIBILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found SIBILANCE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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