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SOBRIETY
Definition of SOBRIETY
noun
The quality or state of being sober.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOBRIETY · 1 relative 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.
SOBRIETY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SOBRIETY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEIORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SOBRIETY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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