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PRIEST
Definition of PRIEST
noun
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,385)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRIEST · 5 relatives 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.
PRIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PRIEST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
9 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PRIEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found PRIEST?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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