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SUNBELT
Definition of SUNBELT
noun
An area or belt of land that receives a lot of sun; specifically, a zone comprising the southern and western states of the USA where the weather is typically sunny, characterised by an influx of population from the north and often typified as having conservative political views.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compound of sun + belt. Purportedly coined by American politician Sam Rayburn.
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.
SUNBELT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUNBELT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BELNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SUNBEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUNBELT?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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