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SULLIED
Definition of SULLIED
adjective
Stained, soiled.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sully + -ied (suffix forming participial adjectives and past participal forms of verbs ending in -y).
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.
SULLIED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SULLIED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SULLIED?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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