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PHILOSOPHY
Definition of PHILOSOPHY
noun
An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.
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.
PHILOSOPHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 46 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 25 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
PHILOSOPHY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HHILOOPPSY - 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 PHILOSOPHY?
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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