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SALTANDO
Definition of SALTANDO
adverb
Played with a rapid, bouncing stroke of the bow on a stringed instrument.
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Where it comes from
From Italian saltando, gerund of saltare (“to jump”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,293)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SALTANDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SALTANDO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AADLNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SALTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SALTANDO?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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