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SAMOVAR
Definition of SAMOVAR
noun
A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
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Where it comes from
From Russian самова́р (samovár, “self-boiler”); from само́ (samó, “self”) + вари́ть (varítʹ, “boil, cook”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (144)
branch · 0.7% 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.
SAMOVAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 201 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SAMOVAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAMORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SAMOVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SAMOVAR?
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