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SULTANIC
Definition of SULTANIC
adjective
Of or relating to a sultan or a sultanate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sultan + -ic.
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.
SULTANIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SULTANIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACILNSTU - 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.
Could you have found SULTANIC?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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