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SOUP
Definition of SOUP
noun
Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture.
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Where it comes from
The noun is from Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope (“broth”)). Doublet of sop and zuppa. See also sup and supper. The verb is from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (453)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOUP · 11 relatives 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.
SOUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOUP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read OPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found SOUP?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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