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SOIL
Definition of SOIL
noun
A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English soile, soyle, sule (“ground, earth”), partly from Anglo-Norman soyl (“bottom, ground, pavement”), from Latin solium (“seat, chair; throne”), mistaken for Latin solum (“ground, foundation, earth, sole of the foot”); and partly from Old English sol (“mud, mire, wet sand”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mud, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Middle Low German söle (“dirt, mud”), Middle Dutch sol (“dirt, filth”), Middle High German sol, söl (“dirt, mud, mire”), Danish søle (“mud, muck”). Compare French seuil (“level; threshold”) and sol (“soil, earth; ground”). See also sole, soal, solum. For the sole and soil relation, compare typologically Russian по́чва (póčva) akin to подо́шва (podóšva).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,662)
How it is built
Same root, SOIL · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, French, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Russian.
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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.
SOIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SOIL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ILOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOIL?
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