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SOUVLAKI
Definition of SOUVLAKI
noun
A Greek fast food consisting of pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer, variously also called kalamaki or kebab or, in sandwich form, gyro or shawarma.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Greek σουβλάκι (souvláki).
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.
SOUVLAKI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOUVLAKI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIKLOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOUVLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SOUVLAKI?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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