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THEOLOGS

8 letters

Definition of THEOLOGS

noun

plural of theolog

THEOLOG

noun

A student of theology.

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Word DNA

THEOLOGS inherits its ancestry from its root, THEOLOG.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,666)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-logtheo-

Same root, THEOLOG · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

THEOLOGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 146
Its 3 boards, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
97
First board
129
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

smudger

on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

THEOLOGS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

THEOLOGS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHLOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start THEOLO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found THEOLOGS?

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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.

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