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SORDID
Definition of SORDID
adjective
Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sordide, from Latin sordidus. Alternatively from French sordide.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,903)
branch · 15.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SORDID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SORDID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDIORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SORDID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SORDID?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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