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SULFURET

/ˈsʌlfjəˌɹɛt/8 letters

Definition of SULFURET

noun

A sulfide.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin sulphuretum (“relating to sulphur; sulphide”), coined in 1788 as sulphuret by the translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John as a translation of French sulfure. By surface analysis, sulfur + -uret.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

SULFURET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
118
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

taohuayuan

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SULFURET
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SULFURET starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFLRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

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 SULFUR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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