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SYMBOLIC
Definition of SYMBOLIC
adjective
Pertaining to a symbol.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός (sumbolikós, “of or belonging to a symbol”), equivalent to symbol + -ic.
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.
SYMBOLIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SYMBOLIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCILMOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SYMBOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found SYMBOLIC?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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