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SILIQUE
Definition of SILIQUE
noun
A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French silique, from Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”). Doublet of siliqua.
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.
SILIQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SILIQUE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIILQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SILIQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SILIQUE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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