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SOREHEAD
Definition of SOREHEAD
noun
A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sore + head, perhaps specifically from the simile like (or mad as) a bear with a sore head.
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.
SOREHEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOREHEAD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SOREHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOREHEAD?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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