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SOPHISTS
Definition of SOPHISTS
noun
plural of sophist
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Sophist, certain teachers in Ancient Greece, particularly skilled orators.
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Word DNA
SOPHISTS inherits its ancestry from its root, SOPHIST.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,613)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOPHIST · 2 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.
SOPHISTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOPHISTS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HIOPSSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SOPHIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOPHISTS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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