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ACADEMIES
Definition of ACADEMIES
noun
plural of academy
noun
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
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Word DNA
ACADEMIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ACADEMY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACADEMY · 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.
ACADEMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ACADEMIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEIMS - 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 ACADEMIES?
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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