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PSCHENT

/skɛnt/7 letters

Definition of PSCHENT

noun

The double crown of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown of Lower Egypt, worn by pharaohs after the union of the two kingdoms in around 3000 BC.

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Another sense

PSCHENT carries a second meaning.

  1. noun

    In archaeology, the sovereign crown of all Egypt, composed of the tall pointed miter, or white crown, of southern Egypt; combined with the red crown, square in front and rising to a point behind, of northern Egypt.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ψχέντ (pskhént), from Late Egyptian pꜣ-sḫmtj (“the two powerful ones”), from pꜣ (“definite article”) + sḫmtj, dual of sḫmt (“powerful one”), from sḫm (“to be powerful, to have power over”).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,043)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun1 syllablecompound

Same root, PSCHENT · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PSCHENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 68 boards so far. 165 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 68 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
68
Boards found on
29
First board
160
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

dffigment

on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PSCHENT
7
Letters
1
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PSCHENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEHNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start PSCHEN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PSCHENT?

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