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SOUSE

/saʊs/5 letters

Definition of SOUSE

noun

Something kept or steeped in brine. The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. Pickled scrapple. Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig A pickle made with salt. The ear; especially, a hog's ear.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
76
First board
26
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First ever to find it

myscape

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SOUSE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SOUSE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EOSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start SOUSE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SOUSEDSOUSES

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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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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