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SORTILEGE
Definition of SORTILEGE
noun
Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French sortilège, from Medieval Latin sortilegium (“witchcraft”), from Latin sortilegus (“sorcerer, diviner”), from sors (“fate”) + legere (“choose”).
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.
SORTILEGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SORTILEGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGILORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SORTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SORTILEGE?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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