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LOGOS

/ˈlɒɡɒs/5 letters

Definition of LOGOS

noun

A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logical argument as the main form of persuasion.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,517)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, LOGO · 2 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · 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.

LOGOS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 152 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 41 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
41
Boards found on
11
First board
156
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

loe

on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LOGOS
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LOGOS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GLOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found LOGOS?

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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.

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