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SIMONIAC
Definition of SIMONIAC
noun
One who carries on or is guilty of simony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See simony.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIMONIAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIMONIAC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIIMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SIMONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found SIMONIAC?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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