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SALPA

/ˈsælpə/5 letters

Definition of SALPA

noun

Alternative form of salp.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin salpa, from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē, “a species of fish”). Doublet of salp.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SALPA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 3 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
67
First board
102
Latest board
32
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

nadig

on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SALPA
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SALPA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AALPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

ALAPSPAALSPALASPLAAS

Words that start SALPA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SALPAESALPAS

Could you have found SALPA?

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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.

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