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SUMACH
Definition of SUMACH
noun
Alternative spelling of sumac.
noun
Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and certain other genera in Anacardiaceae. particularly, one of species Rhus coriaria (tanner's sumac)
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUMACH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUMACH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SUMACH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUMACH?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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