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SOFTCORE
Definition of SOFTCORE
noun
Pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From soft + core, by analogy with hardcore.
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.
SOFTCORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOFTCORE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEFOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SOFTCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SOFTCORE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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