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POLEMARCH
Definition of POLEMARCH
noun
The military commander-in-chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin polemarchus, from Ancient Greek πολέμαρχος (polémarkhos). By surface analysis, polem- + -arch.
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.
POLEMARCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLEMARCH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLMOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found POLEMARCH?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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