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SAFFRON
Definition of SAFFRON
noun
A plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English saffron, borrowed from Old French safran, borrowed from Medieval Latin safranum, borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān), from Aramaic צפר.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
51st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (12)
branch · 1.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SAFFRON · 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.
SAFFRON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAFFRON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFFNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SAFFRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAFFRON?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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