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TIMOCRACY
Definition of TIMOCRACY
noun
A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.
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Where it comes from
1580s, from Middle French tymocracie, from Medieval Latin (13th century) timocratia, from Ancient Greek τῑμοκρατίᾱ (tīmokratíā), from τῑμή (tīmḗ, “valuation; honor”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā, “a rule, reign”), from κρατέω (kratéō, “to rule”) (see -cracy).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TIMOCRACY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TIMOCRACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TIMOCRACY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCIMORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start TIMOCR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TIMOCRACY?
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