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ARCHON
Definition of ARCHON
noun
A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn), a noun use of the present participle of ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARCHON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCHON starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACHNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ARCHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ARCHON?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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