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SANCTIMONY
Definition of SANCTIMONY
noun
A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French sanctimonie, from Latin sānctimōnia (“sanctity, sacredness; purity, chastity”), from sanctus (“holy”) + -monia (“action or result of an action”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,888)
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.
SANCTIMONY 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 15 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
SANCTIMONY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNNOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start SANCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANCTIMONY?
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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