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SAPLING
Definition of SAPLING
noun
A young tree, larger than a seedling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English saplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling.
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.
SAPLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SAPLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAPLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SAPLING?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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