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SOPHIES

7 letters

Definition of SOPHIES

noun

plural of sophy

SOPHY

noun

wisdom, knowledge, learning

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Word DNA

SOPHIES inherits its ancestry from its root, SOPHY.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,706)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, SOPHY · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SOPHIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 150
Its one board, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
74
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 74 days.

First ever to find it

impatiens

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SOPHIES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SOPHIES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIOPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Could you have found SOPHIES?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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