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UTOPIA
Definition of UTOPIA
noun
A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,655)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UTOPIA · 10 relatives 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.
UTOPIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 162 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UTOPIA starts with U and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AIOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UTOPIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found UTOPIA?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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