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SOBRIQUET
Definition of SOBRIQUET
noun
A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others) that is descriptive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French sobriquet (“nickname”), from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”).
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.
SOBRIQUET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SOBRIQUET starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEIOQRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SOBRIQ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found SOBRIQUET?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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