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PRAXEOLOGY
Definition of PRAXEOLOGY
noun
The study of human action or conduct.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis) + -logy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRAXEOLOGY · 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.
PRAXEOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PRAXEOLOGY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGLOOPRXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PRAXEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRAXEOLOGY?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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