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ARCHITECT
Definition of ARCHITECT
noun
A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”). By surface analysis, archi- + -tect.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations 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
Same root, ARCHITECT · 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.
ARCHITECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCHITECT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHIRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and T appear more than once.
Words that start ARCHIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARCHITECT?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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