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SIXTE
Definition of SIXTE
noun
The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French sixte, from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”).
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.
SIXTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIXTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EISTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
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 SIXTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SIXTE?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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