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SOUTACHE
Definition of SOUTACHE
noun
A narrow braid often decorated with a herringbone pattern
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French soutache, from Hungarian sujtás (“ribbon, braid”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOUTACHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOUTACHE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOUTAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SOUTACHE?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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