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SILENCE
Definition of SILENCE
noun
The absence of any sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SILENCE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
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 15 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SILENCE?
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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