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SOLAR
Definition of SOLAR
adjective
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
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.
SOLAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOLAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ALORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOLAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found SOLAR?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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