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SILENCE

/ˈsaɪlən(t)s/7 letters

Definition of SILENCE

noun

The absence of any sound.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”), from silēns (“quiet, silent”, present participle of silēre) + -ium. Displaced native Old English swīġe and sālnes.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SILENCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 10 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
28
First board
96
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

SILENCE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SILENCE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

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 SILENC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SILENCEDSILENCERSILENCESSILENCERSSILENCING

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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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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