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SOVEREIGNTY
Definition of SOVEREIGNTY
noun
The quality or state of being sovereign.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English sovereynte, souvereynte [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, soverentee, and Old French soveraineté, souveraineté (modern French souveraineté), from soverain + -té (suffix forming nouns, often denoting a property or quality). Soverain is derived from Vulgar Latin *superānus (“chief; sovereign”), from Latin super (“above; on top of”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above, over”)) + -ānus (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, usually denoting a relationship of origin, position, or possession”)). The English word is analysable as sovereign + -ty (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,622)
How it is built
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.
SOVEREIGNTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOVEREIGNTY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEGINORSTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SOVEREI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
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