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ACTINISM
Definition of ACTINISM
noun
(chemistry, physics) That property of electromagnetic radiation that leads to the production of photochemical effects
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From actin- + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACTINISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACTINISM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACIIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ACTINI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACTINISM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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