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HIERATIC
Definition of HIERATIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.
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Where it comes from
From Latin hieraticus, from Ancient Greek ἱερατικός (hieratikós), from ἱερατεία (hierateía, “priesthood”), from ἱερατεύω (hierateúō, “be a priest”), from ἱερεύς (hiereús, “priest”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”). Use pertaining to the Egyptian writing system originates with the Greek phrase γράμματα ἱερατικά (grámmata hieratiká, literally “priestly writing”), which was first used by Saint Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century AD, as at that time hieratic was used only for religious texts, as had been the case for the previous thousand years.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIERATIC · 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.
HIERATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HIERATIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HIERAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found HIERATIC?
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