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ECCLESIA

/ɪˈkli.zi.ə/8 letters

Definition of ECCLESIA

noun

The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía). Doublet of Eccles.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,601)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllables

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

ECCLESIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 140
Its one board, across 140 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
131
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

grimdarkfandang

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ECCLESIA
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ECCLESIA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACCEEILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and C appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start ECCLES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ECCLESIAEECCLESIALECCLESIASTECCLESIARCHECCLESIASTSECCLESIASTICECCLESIOLOGYECCLESIASTICSECCLESIASTICALECCLESIOLOGIESECCLESIOLOGISTECCLESIASTICISM

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