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ACOLYTH
Definition of ACOLYTH
noun
Obsolete form of acolyte.
noun
One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
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Word DNA
ACOLYTH inherits its ancestry from its root, ACOLYTE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACOLYTE · 3 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.
ACOLYTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACOLYTH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHLOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ACOLYT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACOLYTH?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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