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SULFURS
Definition of SULFURS
noun
plural of sulfur
noun
A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.
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Word DNA
SULFURS inherits its ancestry from its root, SULFUR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SULFUR · 21 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SULFURS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SULFURS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FLRSSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and U appear more than once.
Words that start SULFUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SULFURS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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