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SITCOM
Definition of SITCOM
noun
Syllabic abbreviation of situation comedy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Syllabic abbreviation of situation comedy. Such formation from initial syllables is also alternatively classified as clipping of the compound type (producing a clipped compound), and it is sometimes categorized as blending (but blending stricto sensu involves initial and terminal parts of words that may be delimited by reanalysis).
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.
SITCOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SITCOM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CIMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SITCOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found SITCOM?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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