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SIMUL

/ˈsɪməl/5 letters

Definition of SIMUL

noun

An exhibition in which one (typically much stronger) player plays several games at the same time against different opponents.

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Where it comes from

Abbreviation of simultaneous.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

SIMUL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 5 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
75
First board
112
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

quiet

on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SIMUL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SIMUL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ILMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SIMUL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SIMULSSIMULARSIMULANTSIMULARSSIMULATESIMULIUMSIMULACRASIMULACRESIMULANTSSIMULATEDSIMULATESSIMULATOR

Could you have found SIMUL?

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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.

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