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ATTAR
Definition of ATTAR
noun
An essential oil extracted from flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Persian عطر (atr, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (391)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATTAR · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATTAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATTAR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AARTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear 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 ATTAR?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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