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SOTTING
Definition of SOTTING
verb
present participle and gerund of sot
SOT
symbol
ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sotho.
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Word DNA
SOTTING inherits its ancestry from its root, SOT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,521)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOT · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOTTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SOTTING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SOTTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOTTING?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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