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SACRISTY
Definition of SACRISTY
noun
A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.
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Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman sacrestie, from Medieval Latin sacristia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations 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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SACRISTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SACRISTY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACIRSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SACRIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SACRISTY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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