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SOUTHLAND
Definition of SOUTHLAND
noun
A land that lies to the south.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From south + land.
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.
SOUTHLAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 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 70, 29 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SOUTHLAND starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADHLNOSTU - 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 SOUTHL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOUTHLAND?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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