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POLAR
Definition of POLAR
adjective
Of or having a pole or polarity, as: Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles. Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles. Having a dipole; ionic. Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle. Having but two possible answers, yes and no. Of or relating to a pole (extreme) on any spectrum or field, such as an ideologically pure dogmatic position as opposed to any syncretic integration or balancing of competing principles.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin polāris. By surface analysis, pole + -ar.
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.
POLAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
POLAR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ALOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POLAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found POLAR?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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