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SOCLE
Definition of SOCLE
noun
A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”). Doublet of zoccolo.
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.
SOCLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOCLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOCLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOCLE?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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