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THEOCRATIC
Definition of THEOCRATIC
adjective
Pertaining to theocracy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From theocrat + -ic or theo- + -cratic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
THEOCRATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
THEOCRATIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHIORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and C appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start THEOCR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THEOCRATIC?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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