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SOLA
Definition of SOLA
noun
Alternative form of shola.
noun
A wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artifacts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hindi सोला (solā, “the plant Aeschynomene aspera”), from Bengali শোলা (śōla).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (341)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOLA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ALOS - 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 SOLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOLA?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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