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ERGOMANIAC
Definition of ERGOMANIAC
noun
A person who is obsessed with working hard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ergo- + -maniac.
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.
ERGOMANIAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERGOMANIAC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACEGIMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ERGOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ERGOMANIAC?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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