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NEOLOGY
Definition of NEOLOGY
noun
The study or art of neologizing (creating new words).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neo- + -logy. In the theological sense, originally implying its proponents were innovators departing from religious tradition.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NEOLOGY · 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.
NEOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEOLOGY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGLNOOY - 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.
Words that start NEOLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEOLOGY?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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