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DUELISM

7 letters

Definition of DUELISM

noun

The practice of fighting duels.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From duel + -ism.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-ism

Same root, DUEL · 13 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

DUELISM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 157
Its one board, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

chloelesage

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DUELISM
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DUELISM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEILMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start DUELIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DUELISM?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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