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EVANGELIC
Definition of EVANGELIC
adjective
evangelical
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
EVANGELIC carries 2 further meanings.
Same as evangelical.
adjective
Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical.
Where it comes from
From Old French evangelique (French évangélique).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (840)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EVANGELIC · 1 relative in the game
EVANGELIC in a sentence
“Instead there's an evangelic quality in those piercing blue-grey eyes and a vivacity in that wide-mouth smile that lends a passionate zeal to her pessimism.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EVANGELIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 128 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EVANGELIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGILNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EVANGELIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EVANGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found EVANGELIC?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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