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SIGIL
Definition of SIGIL
noun
A seal, signature or signet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of seal and sigillum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SIGIL · 1 relative 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.
SIGIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 278 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SIGIL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read GIILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SIGIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SIGIL?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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