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SYSADMIN
Definition of SYSADMIN
noun
A system administrator; a person whose job it is to maintain computer or network systems.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of system + administrator.
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.
SYSADMIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYSADMIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADIMNSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SYSADM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYSADMIN?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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