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MILITIAS
Definition of MILITIAS
noun
plural of militia
noun
An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
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Word DNA
MILITIAS inherits its ancestry from its root, MILITIA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.4%
of traced words share this origin (8,352)
branch · 32.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MILITIA · 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.
MILITIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MILITIAS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIIILMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MILITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MILITIAS?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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