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SILD
Definition of SILD
noun
Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Norwegian and Danish sild, from Old Norse síld. More at sile. See also sillock.
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.
SILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SILD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DILS - 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 SILD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found SILD?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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