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SAPWOOD
Definition of SAPWOOD
noun
The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sap + wood.
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.
SAPWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAPWOOD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADOOPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SAPWOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found SAPWOOD?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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