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ADHOCRACY
Definition of ADHOCRACY
noun
An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ad hoc + -cracy, by analogy with bureaucracy; coined by American organizational consultant Warren Bennis (1925–2014) and American sociologist Philip Slater (1927–2013) in The Temporary Society (1964), and popularized by American futurist Alvin Toffler (1928–2016) in his book Future Shock (1970).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADHOCRACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADHOCRACY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACCDHORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.
Words that start ADHOCR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADHOCRACY?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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