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SANCTIMONIES
Definition of SANCTIMONIES
noun
plural of sanctimony
noun
A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.
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Word DNA
SANCTIMONIES inherits its ancestry from its root, SANCTIMONY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- 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
Same root, SANCTIMONY · 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.
SANCTIMONIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SANCTIMONIES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIIMNNOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, N and I appear more than once.
Words that start SANCTIMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANCTIMONIES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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