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SUBALTERN
Definition of SUBALTERN
adjective
Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter.
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.
SUBALTERN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBALTERN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABELNRSTU - 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 SUBALT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBALTERN?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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