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POPE
Definition of POPE
noun
An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English pope, popa, from Old English pāpa, from Vulgar Latin papa (title for priests and bishops, esp. and by 8th c. only the bishop of Rome), from early Byzantine Greek παπᾶς (papâs, title for priests and bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from late Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests and bishops, in the sense of spiritual father), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
POPE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EOPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POPE?
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