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SORGHUM
Definition of SORGHUM
noun
A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).
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Where it comes from
From New Latin genus name Sorghum, from Italian sorgo, from Vulgar Latin *syricum (“Syrian”), from Sȳricus. Doublet of the synonyms sorgho (via French) and sorgo (via Italian).
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.
SORGHUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 151 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SORGHUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GHMORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SORGHU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SORGHUM?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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