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SEMINARY
Definition of SEMINARY
noun
A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Middle English semynair, semynary.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SEMINARY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEMINARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEMINARY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SEMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
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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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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