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SALUTATION
Definition of SALUTATION
noun
A greeting, salute, or address; a hello. A conventional greeting that begins a letter, such as "Dear Sir".
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English salutacioun, from Old French salutacion, from Latin salutatio (“a greeting, a wishing health to”), from saluto (“wish one’s health, greet”), from salus (“well-being”). Compare the Latin greeting salve (literally “be well”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% 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.
SALUTATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SALUTATION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAILNOSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start SALUTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found SALUTATION?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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