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SUZERAIN
Definition of SUZERAIN
noun
A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French suzerain, based on sus (“up, above”) (from Latin sursum) with the ending of souverain (whence also English sovereign).
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.
SUZERAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUZERAIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEINRSUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
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 SUZERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SUZERAIN?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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