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SANTUR
Definition of SANTUR
noun
A type of hammered dulcimer played in Persian music
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Persian سَنْتُور (santūr), of uncertain origin; sometimes suggested to be from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “psaltery”).
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.
SANTUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SANTUR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ANRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SANTUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANTUR?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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