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SIDLE
Definition of SIDLE
verb
To (cause something to) move sideways.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The verb is from side + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly a back-formation from sideling (“in a sidelong direction; askew, obliquely”, adverb), treating that word as the present participle of sidle. The noun is derived from the verb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SIDLE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 140 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIDLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SIDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SIDLE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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