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SOWSSE
Definition of SOWSSE
verb
Obsolete form 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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Word DNA
SOWSSE inherits its ancestry from its root, SOUSE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.8%
of traced words share this origin (4,064)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOUSE · 9 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.
SOWSSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOWSSE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EOSSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SOWSSE?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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