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SALICETUM
Definition of SALICETUM
noun
A group of willow trees.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin salictum, salicētum (“plantation, grove or thicket of willows”), from salix (“willow”).
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.
SALICETUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SALICETUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACEILMSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SALICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SALICETUM?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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