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YARTAS
Definition of YARTAS
noun
plural of yarta
YURT · via yarta
noun
A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).
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Word DNA
YARTAS inherits its ancestry from its root, YURT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (374)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YURT · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YARTAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 73 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YARTAS starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AARSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found YARTAS?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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