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SIGLA
Definition of SIGLA
noun
plural of siglum
noun
A letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word; specifically, one used in a modern literary work to refer to an early version of a text.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.
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
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIGLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIGLA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGILS - 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 SIGLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found SIGLA?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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