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SOUGH
Definition of SOUGH
verb
To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *sough, swough, swogh, from Middle English swoȝen, swowen, from Old English swōgan (“to make a sound; move with noise; rush; roar”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōgan, from Proto-Germanic *swōganą from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-, same source as English echo (via Ancient Greek). Cognate with Scots souch (“sough”), Icelandic súgur (“a rushing sound, rustle”). Noun replaced Middle English swei, sweȝ from Old English swēg. More at swoon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, SOUGH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Icelandic, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOUGH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOUGH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read GHOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOUGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found SOUGH?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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