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SULTAN
Definition of SULTAN
noun
The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French sultan or Medieval Latin sultanus, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). Compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and סוּלְטָן (sultán). Doublet of soldan.
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.
SULTAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SULTAN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALNSTU - 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 SULTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found SULTAN?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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