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SINUS

/ˈsaɪ.nəs/5 letters

Definition of SINUS

noun

A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin sinus (“a bent surface, curve, hollow”). Doublet of sine.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

SINUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
90
First board
30
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

SINUS
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SINUS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read INSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S 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.

NISUSSUNIS

Words that start SINUS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SINUSESSINUSOIDSINUSITISSINUSLIKESINUSOIDSSINUSOIDALSINUSITISESSINUSOIDALLY

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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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