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SISTRUM
Definition of SISTRUM
noun
An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin sīstrum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σεῖστρον (seîstron), from σείω (seíō, “shake”).
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.
SISTRUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SISTRUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read IMRSSTU - 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.
Words that start SISTRU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SISTRUM?
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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