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BELLIC
Definition of BELLIC
adjective
warlike; bellicose
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bellique, itself from Latin bellicus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BELLIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BELLIC starts with B and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCEILL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BELLIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BELLIC?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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