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ATHAMES
Definition of ATHAMES
noun
plural of athame
noun
A ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and other neopagan traditions and typically having a black handle with magical symbols on it.
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Word DNA
ATHAMES inherits its ancestry from its root, ATHAME.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,293)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATHAME · 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.
ATHAMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATHAMES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEHMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears 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.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ATHAMES?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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