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SUBTOPIA
Definition of SUBTOPIA
noun
Sprawling suburbs, collectively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of suburb + utopia, coined by British architectural critic and broadcaster Ian Nairn.
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.
SUBTOPIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SUBTOPIA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABIOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SUBTOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SUBTOPIA?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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