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SINCERITY

/sɪnˈsɛɹəti/9 letters

Definition of SINCERITY

noun

The quality or state of being sincere.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (23,951)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-ity

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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.

SINCERITY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 18 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
40
First board
149
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.

Built from these letters

SINCERITY
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SINCERITY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEIINRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start SINCER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SINCERESINCERERSINCERELYSINCERESTSINCERENESSSINCERITIESSINCERENESSES

Could you have found SINCERITY?

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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