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REGICIDE
Definition of REGICIDE
noun
The killing of a king.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REGICIDE · 2 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.
REGICIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 447 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REGICIDE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEGIIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found REGICIDE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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