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SOLDER
Definition of SOLDER
noun
Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre (“make solid”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOLD · 1 relative 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.
SOLDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOLDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DELORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOLDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SOLDER?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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