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SAUREL
Definition of SAUREL
noun
Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially Trachurus trachurus, of Europe and America, and Trachurus picturatus of California; the skipjack, scad or horse mackerel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French French saurel (“jack mackerel”), from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “horse mackerel”). Compare Spanish jurel.
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.
SAUREL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAUREL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAUREL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAUREL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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