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SIMA
Definition of SIMA
noun
The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “bent upwards”).
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.
SIMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SIMA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AIMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SIMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SIMA?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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