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ECHOISM
Definition of ECHOISM
noun
The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From echo + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ECHOISM · 1 relative 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.
ECHOISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECHOISM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ECHOIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found ECHOISM?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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