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SOCIETY
Definition of SOCIETY
noun
A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French societé, from Old French societé, from Latin societās, societātem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). First attested in the 1530s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOCIETY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOCIETY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEIOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOCIET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SOCIETY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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