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SOOPING
Definition of SOOPING
Wiktionary has no entry for SOOPING itself. This is its base word, SOOP.
noun
Obsolete form of soup.
noun
Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture.
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Word DNA
SOOPING inherits its ancestry from its root, SOUP.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (460)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOUP · 11 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.
SOOPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOOPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SOOPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOOPING?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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