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RHABDOMANCY
Definition of RHABDOMANCY
noun
Divination with wands or rods, especially to use a divining rod to find things below the ground.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rhabdo- + -mancy, first attested in 1646. From Latin rhabdomantīa, from Ancient Greek ῥαβδομαντεία (rhabdomanteía), from ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RHABDOMANCY · 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.
RHABDOMANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHABDOMANCY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABCDHMNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start RHABDOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found RHABDOMANCY?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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