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PHILOLOGY
Definition of PHILOLOGY
noun
The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical languages.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English Philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογίᾱ (philologíā, “love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHILOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 60 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 24 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
PHILOLOGY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GHILLOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once.
Words that start PHILOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHILOLOGY?
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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