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PHILOSOPHE
Definition of PHILOSOPHE
noun
Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,141)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHILOSOPHE · 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.
PHILOSOPHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PHILOSOPHE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHHILOOPPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, H and O appear more than once.
Words that start PHILOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHILOSOPHE?
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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