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SULFA

/ˈsʌlfə/5 letters

Definition of SULFA

adjective

Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SULFA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 14 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
38
First board
116
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

lexiconartist

on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SULFA
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SULFA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AFLSU - 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 SULFA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SULFASSULFATESULFATEDSULFATESSULFATICSULFATASESULFATINGSULFATIONSULFATASESSULFATIONSSULFADOXINESULFADIAZINE

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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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.

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