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SOTOL
Definition of SOTOL
noun
Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mexican Spanish sotol, from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (126)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOTOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOTOL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read LOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOTOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOTOL?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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