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NECROPOLES
Definition of NECROPOLES
noun
plural of necropole
NECROPOLE
noun
Synonym of necropolis (“cemetery”).
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Word DNA
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.
NECROPOLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NECROPOLES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEELNOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start NECROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NECROPOLES?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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