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SOLONCHAK
Definition of SOLONCHAK
noun
A pale or grey soil found in arid to subhumid conditions with poor drainage.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian солонча́к (solončák, “salt marsh”).
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.
SOLONCHAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SOLONCHAK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACHKLNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SOLONC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOLONCHAK?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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