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AMPHICTYONIC
Definition of AMPHICTYONIC
adjective
Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμφικτυονικός (Amphiktuonikós). By surface analysis, amphictyon + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% 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.
AMPHICTYONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
AMPHICTYONIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCHIIMNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and C appear more than once.
Words that start AMPHICTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AMPHICTYONIC?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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