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SOOTHE
Definition of SOOTHE
verb
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English sothen (“to verify, prove the validity of”), from Old English sōþian (“to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną (“to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Danish sande (“to verify”), Swedish sanna (“to verify”), Icelandic sanna (“to verify”). See also sooth. Displaced Old English frēfran, ġefrēfran (“to comfort, console, soothe”), and partially displaced Old English stillan, ġestillan (“to calm, become calm, pacify, quieten”) (whence modern still). The semantic evolution of "to verify, prove the validity of" → "to comfort" (first attested in the late 17th century) comes from the notion of assuaging someone by supporting the truth of what they say.
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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.
SOOTHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOOTHE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SOOTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found SOOTHE?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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