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SARTORIAL

/sɑːˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/9 letters

Definition of SARTORIAL

adjective

Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From New Latin sartorius (“pertaining to a tailor”), from Late Latin sartor (“tailor”), from Latin sarcire (“to patch, mend”) + -ial.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (24,343)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-ial

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SARTORIAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 5 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
138
First board
155
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

nickynospoons

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SARTORIAL
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SARTORIAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAILORRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.

Words that start SARTOR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SARTORSARTORSSARTORIISARTORIANSARTORIUSSARTORIALLYSARTORIUSES

Could you have found SARTORIAL?

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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.

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