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HIEROMANCY
Definition of HIEROMANCY
noun
Divination by interpreting sacred objects, often used in sacrificial offerings. Similar to aruspicy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hiero- + -mancy.
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.
HIEROMANCY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 137 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HIEROMANCY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found HIEROMANCY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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