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PREACH
Definition of PREACH
verb
To give a sermon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PREACH · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old English, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PREACH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 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 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PREACH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEHPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PREACH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PREACH?
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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