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SODDEN
Definition of SODDEN
adjective
Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt, German gesotten, Swedish sjuden, Icelandic soðinn. More at seethe.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.5%
of traced words share this origin (931)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SODDEN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SODDEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SODDEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DDENOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SODDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SODDEN?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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