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SOLUM
Definition of SOLUM
noun
Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes; the upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”). Doublet of soil.
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.
SOLUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SOLUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read LMOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SOLUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found SOLUM?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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