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CHURCHISMS

10 letters

Definition of CHURCHISMS

noun

plural of churchism

CHURCHISM

noun

Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.

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Word DNA

CHURCHISMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHURCH.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Ancient Greek
  3. German
  4. Old English
  5. Middle English
  6. English

5 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.4%

of traced words share this origin (11,191)

How it is built

noun

Same root, CHURCH · 9 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

CHURCHISMS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 155
Its one board, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

nameless

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHURCHISMS
10
Letters
2
Vowels
8
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHURCHISMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCHHIMRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, H and S appear more than once.

Words that start CHURCH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CHURCHISMS?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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