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HEPTARCHS
Definition of HEPTARCHS
noun
plural of heptarch
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Word DNA
HEPTARCHS inherits its ancestry from its root, HEPTARCH.
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.
HEPTARCHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEPTARCHS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHHPRST - 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 HEPTARCHS?
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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