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SOPHISTIC
Definition of SOPHISTIC
adjective
Synonym of sophistical, of or related to the ancient Sophists, characterized by fallacious reasoning.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticus, borrowing of Ancient Greek σοφιστικός (sophistikós). Equivalent to sophist + -ic and sophism + -istic.
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.
SOPHISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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
SOPHISTIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHIIOPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and I appear more than once.
Words that start SOPHIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOPHISTIC?
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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