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ICONOCLAST
Definition of ICONOCLAST
noun
One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French iconoclaste and its etymon Medieval Latin īconoclastēs, from Medieval Greek εἰκονοκλάστης (eikonoklástēs, literally “image breaker”). By surface analysis, icono- + -clast.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
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.
ICONOCLAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ICONOCLAST starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACCILNOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and O appear more than once.
Words that start ICONOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ICONOCLAST?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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