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BISHOPS
Definition of BISHOPS
noun
plural of bishop
noun
An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
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Word DNA
BISHOPS inherits its ancestry from its root, BISHOP.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BISHOP · 7 relatives 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.
BISHOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 85 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BISHOPS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BHIOPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start BISHOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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