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SOJA
Definition of SOJA
noun
Dated form of soya.
SOY · via soya
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Miyobe.
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Word DNA
SOJA inherits its ancestry from its root, SOYA.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (151)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOYA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOJA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SOJA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AJOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SOJA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SOJA?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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