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SOUTHERED
Definition of SOUTHERED
verb
simple past and past participle of souther
SOUTH · via souther
noun
The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
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Word DNA
SOUTHERED inherits its ancestry from its root, SOUTH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, SOUTH · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Norwegian and 8 more.
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.
SOUTHERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 77 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOUTHERED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SOUTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOUTHERED?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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