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SARCOPHAGI
Definition of SARCOPHAGI
noun
plural of sarcophagus
SARCOPHAGUS
noun
A stonen coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin sarcophagī, from sarcophagus + -ī (suffix denoting the nominative or vocative plural form of a word ending in -us).
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 (23,951)
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.
SARCOPHAGI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SARCOPHAGI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AACGHIOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SARCOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SARCOPHAGI?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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