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SAPROPEL
Definition of SAPROPEL
noun
An aquatic sludge-like sediment rich in organic matter formed in oxygen-free areas at the bottom of lakes, seas etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Sapropel, corresponding to sapro- + Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, clay”).
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.
SAPROPEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAPROPEL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELOPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
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 SAPROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAPROPEL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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