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HOPLITES
Definition of HOPLITES
noun
plural of hoplite
noun
A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
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Word DNA
HOPLITES inherits its ancestry from its root, HOPLITE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOPLITE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOPLITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOPLITES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found HOPLITES?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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