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ENTELECHIES
Definition of ENTELECHIES
noun
plural of entelechy
ENTELECHY
noun
The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized. In the metaphysics of Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716): a soul; a monad (Leibniz).
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Word DNA
ENTELECHIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ENTELECHY.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENTELECHY · 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.
ENTELECHIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENTELECHIES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEEEHILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ENTELEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENTELECHIES?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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