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PRECEPTS
Definition of PRECEPTS
noun
plural of precept
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Word DNA
PRECEPTS inherits its ancestry from its root, PRECEPT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRECEPT · 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.
PRECEPTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRECEPTS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEPPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear 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 PRECEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRECEPTS?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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