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ALLEGORIES
Definition of ALLEGORIES
noun
plural of allegory
noun
The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
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Word DNA
ALLEGORIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ALLEGORY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9.1%
of traced words share this origin (2,408)
How it is built
Same root, ALLEGORY · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALLEGORIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALLEGORIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGILLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 ALLEGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALLEGORIES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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