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SOLONETZ
Definition of SOLONETZ
noun
A type of soil with a so-called "natric horizon" within the upper metre of the soil profile and a subsoil with higher clay content than the upper horizon, the latter having more than 15% exchangeable sodium.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian солонец (solonec, “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.
SOLONETZ in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOLONETZ starts with S and ends with Z. Sorted, its letters read ELNOOSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SOLONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOLONETZ?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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