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DICASTERIES
Definition of DICASTERIES
noun
plural of dicastery
noun
A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical.
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Word DNA
DICASTERIES inherits its ancestry from its root, DICASTERY.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DICASTERY · 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.
DICASTERIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DICASTERIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIIRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, S and E appear more than once.
Could you have found DICASTERIES?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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