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HIEROGAMY
Definition of HIEROGAMY
noun
The ritual enactment of sexual relations between gods and goddesses in order to guarantee fertility of crops
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hiero- + -gamy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HIEROGAMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIEROGAMY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGHIMORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HIEROG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIEROGAMY?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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