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SOLFERINO
Definition of SOLFERINO
noun
A brilliant purple-red dye derived from aniline
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
So called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought at about the time of its discovery.
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.
SOLFERINO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOLFERINO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EFILNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
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 SOLFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SOLFERINO?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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