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SALINE
Definition of SALINE
adjective
Containing salt; salty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (826)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SALINE · 5 relatives 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.
SALINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 123 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SALINE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SALINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SALINE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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