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SOCKING
Definition of SOCKING
verb
present participle and gerund of sock
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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.
SOCKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOCKING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIKNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found SOCKING?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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