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TOPARCHS
Definition of TOPARCHS
noun
plural of toparch
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Word DNA
TOPARCHS inherits its ancestry from its root, TOPARCH.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% 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.
TOPARCHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
TOPARCHS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHOPRST - 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 TOPARCHS?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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