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SOULS
Definition of SOULS
noun
plural of soul
noun
The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
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Word DNA
SOULS inherits its ancestry from its root, SOUL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,958)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOUL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOULS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SOULS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LOSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears 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 SOULS?
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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