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SILENCER
Definition of SILENCER
noun
Something that silences or (notionally) nearly silences. An attachment to a gun that reduces the sound it emits.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From silence + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SILENCER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SILENCER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SILENCER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNRS - 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 43
Could you have found SILENCER?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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