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SIFT
Definition of SIFT
verb
To sieve or strain (something).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.
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.
SIFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SIFT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FIST - 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 SIFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found SIFT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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