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SALPA
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SALPA · 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.
SALPA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
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 65 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
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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