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SOLICIT
Definition of SOLICIT
verb
To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, borrowed from Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOLICIT · 2 relatives 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.
SOLICIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOLICIT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CIILOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOLICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found SOLICIT?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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