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CLEPTOMANIA
Definition of CLEPTOMANIA
noun
Dated form of kleptomania.
noun
A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
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Other senses
CLEPTOMANIA carries 2 further meanings.
noun
A mania for pilfering; a supposed species of moral insanity, exhibiting itself in an irresistible propensity to steal.
noun
See kleptomania.
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLEPTOMANIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLEPTOMANIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEILMNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CLEPTOMANIA?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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