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AUTEURISMS
Definition of AUTEURISMS
Wiktionary has no entry for AUTEURISMS itself. This is its base word, AUTEURISM.
noun
A theory that considers a work of cinema or television as the work of its director, rather than of the actors or producers
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for AUTEURISM.
From auteur + -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.
AUTEURISMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTEURISMS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIMRSSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and S appear more than once.
Words that start AUTEUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTEURISMS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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