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SOCIOLECT

/ˈsəʊ.ʃɪ.ə(ʊ).lɛkt/9 letters

Definition of SOCIOLECT

noun

The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc.

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Where it comes from

From socio- + -lect, by analogy with dialect, idiolect, etc.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SOCIOLECT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

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on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SOCIOLECT
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SOCIOLECT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCEILOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and C appear more than once.

Words that start SOCIOL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SOCIOLOGYSOCIOLECTSSOCIOLOGICSOCIOLOGESESOCIOLOGIESSOCIOLOGISMSOCIOLOGISTSOCIOLOGESESSOCIOLOGICALSOCIOLOGISTSSOCIOLINGUISTSOCIOLINGUISTS

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