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ENCRATIES

9 letters

Definition of ENCRATIES

noun

plural of encraty

ENCRATY

noun

Self-control; abstinence.

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Word DNA

ENCRATIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ENCRATY.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,265)

Hellenic

branch · 12.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, ENCRATY · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · 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.

ENCRATIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 128
Its one board, across 128 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
128
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

lrlistspam

on Day 128, 25 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ENCRATIES
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ENCRATIES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ENCRAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ENCRATIES?

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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.

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