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AMPHICTYONIES
Definition of AMPHICTYONIES
noun
plural of amphictyony
AMPHICTYONY
noun
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
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Word DNA
AMPHICTYONIES inherits its ancestry from its root, AMPHICTYONY.
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 (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMPHICTYONY · 1 relative 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.
AMPHICTYONIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMPHICTYONIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIIMNOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start AMPHICTYO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AMPHICTYONIES?
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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