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SACATON
Definition of SACATON
noun
A tufted perennial grass, Sporobolus airoides, grown in the southwestern United States and Mexico and used for hay and pasture in dry alkaline areas.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish zacatón.
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.
SACATON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SACATON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SACATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SACATON?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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