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POLICIES
Definition of POLICIES
noun
plural of policy
noun
A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body.
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Word DNA
POLICIES inherits its ancestry from its root, POLICY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,145)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POLICY · 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.
POLICIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POLICIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIILOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found POLICIES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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