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SANTOOR
Definition of SANTOOR
noun
An Indian string instrument, a trapezoidal hammered dulcimer with seventy strings, believed to be derived from the Persian santur.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Persian; see santur.
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.
SANTOOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SANTOOR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ANOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SANTOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found SANTOOR?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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