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SIGN
Definition of SIGN
noun
A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English signe, sygne, syng, seine, sine, syne, from Old English seġn (“sign; mark; token”) and Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”); both from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”); root uncertain. Doublet of signum and signal. Partially displaced native token.
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.
SIGN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SIGN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SIGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found SIGN?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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