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EREMITE
Definition of EREMITE
noun
A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) + -ίτης (-ítēs). Doublet of hermit.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (10,145)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EREMITE · 2 relatives 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.
EREMITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EREMITE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEEIMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EREMIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EREMITE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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