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SURTAX
Definition of SURTAX
noun
An additional or extra tax.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French surtaxe.
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.
SURTAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SURTAX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ARSTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SURTAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SURTAX?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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