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DEMARCH
Definition of DEMARCH
noun
The chief magistrate of a deme.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “deme”) + ἄρχειν (árkhein, “to rule”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,469)
branch · 12.3% 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.
DEMARCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMARCH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHMR - 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 DEMARC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEMARCH?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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