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SALLOW
Definition of SALLOW
adjective
Yellowish. Of a sickly pale colour. Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-. See also Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal; also Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, Latin salīva, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”), and - through Frankish - French sale.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SALLOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SALLOW starts with S and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ALLOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SALLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SALLOW?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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