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9 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a political system governed by a few people
originBorrowed from French oligarchie, from Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) + -archy (“rule, command”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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- hoarily 13
- chary 13
- hylic 13
- ochry 13
- chorial 12
- cagily 12
- hoagy 12