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PHYSIOCRAT
Definition of PHYSIOCRAT
noun
Any of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the government should not seek to influence the operation of natural economic laws.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French physiocrate, corresponding to physio- + -crat.
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
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHYSIOCRAT · 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.
PHYSIOCRAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYSIOCRAT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACHIOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHYSIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found PHYSIOCRAT?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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