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SIGNAL
Definition of SIGNAL
noun
A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s). Doublet of signum and sign.
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.
SIGNAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIGNAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AGILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SIGNAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SIGNAL?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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