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SISAL
Definition of SISAL
noun
A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Sisal, Yucatán.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SISAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SISAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
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 SISAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SISAL?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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