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HOMILETICS
Definition of HOMILETICS
noun
The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὁμιλητική (homilētikḗ). Compare ὅμιλος (hómilos, “crowd, throng”), ὁμῑλέω (homīléō, “to be with, to talk”), and ομιλώ (omilṓ, “to talk”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOMILETICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOMILETICS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIILMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start HOMILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found HOMILETICS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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