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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).
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 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
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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