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TOPARCH
Definition of TOPARCH
noun
The prince or ruler of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty "king".
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Ancient Greek τοπάρχης (topárkhēs, “ruler of a small district”), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”). Compare the Latin toparcha and French toparque.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.5%
of traced words share this origin (3,443)
branch · 12.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TOPARCH · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French, Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOPARCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOPARCH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TOPARC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOPARCH?
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