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PHILOLOGIES
Definition of PHILOLOGIES
noun
plural of philology
noun
The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical languages.
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Word DNA
PHILOLOGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PHILOLOGY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHILOLOGY · 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.
PHILOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 73 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHILOLOGIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHIILLOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, L and O appear more than once.
Words that start PHILOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHILOLOGIES?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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