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SIMPLICIA

/sɪmˈplɪ.si.ə/9 letters

Definition of SIMPLICIA

noun

plural of simplex

SIMPLEX

adjective

Having a single structure; not composite or complex; undivided, unitary.

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Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin simplicia, a neuter plural form of simplex.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,695)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllables

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SIMPLICIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
127
First board
43
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.

Built from these letters

SIMPLICIA
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SIMPLICIA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACIIILMPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start SIMPLI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SIMPLIFYSIMPLINGSIMPLISMSIMPLISTSIMPLICESSIMPLINGSSIMPLISMSSIMPLISTESIMPLISTSSIMPLICIALSIMPLICITYSIMPLIFIED

Could you have found SIMPLICIA?

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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.

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