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SICH
Definition of SICH
noun
An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ukrainian Січ (Sič), from Ukrainian сікти (sikty, “to chop”), alluding to the clearing of a forest for an encampment, or the building of a fort with trees that have been cut down.
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.
SICH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SICH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SICH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SICH?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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