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SOROCHES
Definition of SOROCHES
Wiktionary has no entry for SOROCHES itself. This is its base word, SOROCHE.
noun
altitude sickness, mountain sickness
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SOROCHE.
Borrowed from Spanish soroche.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (447)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOROCHE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOROCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOROCHES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHOORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear 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.
Could you have found SOROCHES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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