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ALPHITOMANCY
Definition of ALPHITOMANCY
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἀλφῐτόμαντις (alphĭtómantis, “diviner who used barley meal”), from ἄλφῐτον (álphĭton, “barley meal”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALPHITOMANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALPHITOMANCY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACHILMNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ALPHITOMANCY?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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