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NECROMANCY
Definition of NECROMANCY
noun
Divination involving the dead or death.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Circa 1300, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Medieval Latin spelling, incorporating niger (“black”), influenced by the notion of black art. Modern spelling adopted in mid-1500s. By surface analysis, necro- + -mancy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,104)
branch · 12.4% 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.
NECROMANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NECROMANCY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCEMNNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and C appear more than once.
Words that start NECROM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NECROMANCY?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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