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CRETINISM
Definition of CRETINISM
noun
A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cretin + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
CRETINISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRETINISM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CRETIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRETINISM?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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