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SOLILOQUY
Definition of SOLILOQUY
noun
The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1595–1605; From Late Latin sōliloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from sōlus (“only, sole”) + loquor (“to speak”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step 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, SOLILOQUY · 6 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.
SOLILOQUY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOLILOQUY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILLOOQSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SOLILO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOLILOQUY?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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