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ALIENISM

/ˈeɪ.lɪ.ən.ɪz.əm/8 letters

Definition of ALIENISM

noun

The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From alien + -ism.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun5 syllablescompound-ism

Same root, ALIEN · 8 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ALIENISM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 160
Its 13 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
56
First board
156
Latest board
33
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

mtudor1497

on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ALIENISM
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ALIENISM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEIILMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ALIENI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ALIENINGALIENISHALIENISTALIENISMSALIENISTS

Could you have found ALIENISM?

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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.

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