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SALTERN
Definition of SALTERN
noun
An area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands.
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Where it comes from
From Old English sealtærn, from sealt (“salt”) + ærn (“place, building”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% 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.
SALTERN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SALTERN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AELNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SALTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found SALTERN?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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