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SIDALCEA
Definition of SIDALCEA
noun
Any of the genus Sidalcea of checkerblooms or checkermallows.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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.
SIDALCEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIDALCEA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDEILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SIDALC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found SIDALCEA?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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