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SARCOMA
Definition of SARCOMA
noun
A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin sarcoma, from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx); by surface analysis, sarc- + -oma.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SARCOMA · 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.
SARCOMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SARCOMA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SARCOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SARCOMA?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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