The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ADOPTIANISM
Definition of ADOPTIANISM
noun
Alternative form of adoptionism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly from adopt + -ian + -ism. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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.
ADOPTIANISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 122, 19 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADOPTIANISM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AADIIMNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ADOPTIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADOPTIANISM?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER