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AMPHITHEATER
Definition of AMPHITHEATER
noun
American form of amphitheatre.
AMPHITHEATRE
noun
An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.
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Word DNA
AMPHITHEATER inherits its ancestry from its root, AMPHITHEATRE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMPHITHEATRE · 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.
AMPHITHEATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMPHITHEATER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAEEHHIMPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, H, T and E appear more than once.
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 AMPHITHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AMPHITHEATER?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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