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SOWSSED
Definition of SOWSSED
verb
simple past and past participle of sowsse
SOUSE · via sowsse
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
SOWSSED 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.
SOWSSED 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
SOWSSED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEOSSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SOWSSED?
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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