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SOPHISTER
Definition of SOPHISTER
noun
Synonym of sophist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English shophister, sofister, sofistre, sophister, sophistre, sovyster, from Anglo-Norman sofistre, a variant of Old French sofiste, sophiste. Equivalent to sophist + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOPHISTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOPHISTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIOPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOPHIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOPHISTER?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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