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OLIGARCHY
Definition of OLIGARCHY
noun
A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French oligarchie, from Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) + -archy (“rule, command”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 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
Same root, OLIGARCHY · 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.
OLIGARCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 262 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OLIGARCHY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACGHILORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OLIGAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found OLIGARCHY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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