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ACADEME
Definition of ACADEME
noun
The garden in Athens where the academics met.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin academia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía); Doublet of academia, academy, and Akademeia. Academe (frequently capitalized) is a poetic name for the garden or grove near ancient Athens where Plato taught, supposedly named for its former owner, the hero Ἀκάδημος (Akademos; Ἑκάδημος, Hekademos).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACADEME · 1 relative 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.
ACADEME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ACADEME starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ACADEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ACADEME?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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