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SOPPY
Definition of SOPPY
adjective
Very wet; sodden, soaked.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sop + -y. In sense 2, unrelated etymologically to sappy (“excessively emotional”).
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.
SOPPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SOPPY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read OPPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SOPPY?
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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