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SABKHA
Definition of SABKHA
noun
An area of coastal salt flats, especially in North Africa and Arabia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic سَبْخَة (sabḵa, “salt flat”).
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.
SABKHA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SABKHA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABHKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SABKHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found SABKHA?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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