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ALCHYMIES
Definition of ALCHYMIES
noun
plural of alchymy
ALCHEMY · via alchymy
noun
The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
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Word DNA
ALCHYMIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ALCHEMY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,337)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALCHEMY · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALCHYMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ALCHYMIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILMSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ALCHYM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found ALCHYMIES?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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