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SORE
Definition of SORE
adjective
Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English sor, from Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun) and sār (“painful, grievous”, adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *sair, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz (adjective) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂iro-, enlargement of *seh₂y- (“to be fierce, afflict”). See also Dutch zeer (“sore, ache”), Danish sår (“wound”), German sehr (“very”); also Hittite [script needed] (sāwar, “anger”), Welsh hoed (“pain”), Ancient Greek αἱμωδία (haimōdía, “sensation of having teeth on edge”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, SORE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Welsh.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SORE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SORE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found SORE?
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