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NECROMANTIC
Definition of NECROMANTIC
adjective
Of or relating to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through the use of black magic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin necromanticus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% 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.
NECROMANTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 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 3 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
NECROMANTIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIMNNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and C appear more than once.
Words that start NECROMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NECROMANTIC?
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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