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BOSSISM
Definition of BOSSISM
noun
The domination of a political party by a single, powerful person (the boss)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From boss + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BOSS · 12 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOSSISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOSSISM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BIMOSSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BOSSISM?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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