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SOCAGE
Definition of SOCAGE
noun
In the Middle Ages (and chiefly but not exclusively medieval England), a legal system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sokage, from Anglo-Norman socage, from Old French soc (“soke”), ultimately from Old English sōcn. By surface analysis, soke + -age.
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.
SOCAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOCAGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEGOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOCAGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOCAGE?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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