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HOPLITIC

8 letters

Definition of HOPLITIC

adjective

Relating to hoplites.

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Where it comes from

From hoplite + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ic

Same root, HOPLITE · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HOPLITIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 14 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
45
First board
157
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.

Built from these letters

HOPLITIC
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HOPLITIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHIILOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start HOPLIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HOPLITIC?

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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.

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