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SOPORIFIC
Definition of SOPORIFIC
noun
Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”). Unrelated to stupor (distinct in Proto-Indo-European).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOPORIFIC · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOPORIFIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 447 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOPORIFIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CFIIOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start SOPORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SOPORIFIC?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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