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SITAR
Definition of SITAR
noun
A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār, literally “three strings”). Doublet of setar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (500)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SITAR · 2 relatives 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.
SITAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SITAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SITAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SITAR?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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