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SOCKDOLAGER
Definition of SOCKDOLAGER
noun
A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown, 1827 US, presumably fanciful variant of sock (“to hit”); compare contemporary fanciful American coinages. Various speculative etymologies have been suggested, such as corruption of doxology, due to this occurring at the end of church worship, hence “finality”.
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.
SOCKDOLAGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOCKDOLAGER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGKLOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SOCKDOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found SOCKDOLAGER?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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