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DEMIURGUS

/diːmɪɜːɡəs/9 letters

Definition of DEMIURGUS

noun

Alternative form of demiurge.

DEMIURGE

noun

The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

See demiurge.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DEMIURGUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 152
Its 3 boards, across 152 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
72
First board
143
Latest board
69
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

pythian

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEMIURGUS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DEMIURGUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGIMRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start DEMIUR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DEMIURGUS?

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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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