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SURFACE
Definition of SURFACE
noun
The external boundary of an object or body.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French surface. By surface analysis, sur- + face. Doublet of superficies.
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.
SURFACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SURFACE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SURFAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SURFACE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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