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SAPONITES
Definition of SAPONITES
noun
plural of saponite
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Word DNA
SAPONITES inherits its ancestry from its root, SAPONITE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SAPONITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAPONITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAPONITES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEINOPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SAPONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAPONITES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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