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SUNDIAL
Definition of SUNDIAL
noun
A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sun + dial, a clarification of dial after it was used for other objects as well.
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.
SUNDIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SUNDIAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SUNDIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found SUNDIAL?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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