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IDEOLOGUE
Definition of IDEOLOGUE
noun
One who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French idéologue. By surface analysis, ideo- + -logue. First attested in the 19th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,125)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IDEOLOGUE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IDEOLOGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IDEOLOGUE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEGILOOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start IDEOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IDEOLOGUE?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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