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PREACHES
Definition of PREACHES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of preach
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Word DNA
PREACHES inherits its ancestry from its root, PREACH.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PREACH · 3 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.
PREACHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PREACHES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 35
Could you have found PREACHES?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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