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SOCKEYE
Definition of SOCKEYE
noun
A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish.
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.
SOCKEYE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOCKEYE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEKOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SOCKEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SOCKEYE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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