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SAMFU
Definition of SAMFU
noun
A type of suit worn in China, consisting of a shirt with a high neckline bound down the middle with tassels, and trousers
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Where it comes from
From Cantonese 衫褲／衫裤 (saam fu, “shirt (and) pants”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAMFU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAMFU starts with S and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AFMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SAMFU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAMFU?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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