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HEPTARCH
Definition of HEPTARCH
noun
a heptarchist
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hepta- + -arch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEPTARCH · 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.
HEPTARCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HEPTARCH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEHHPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HEPTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEPTARCH?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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