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EROTICISM
Definition of EROTICISM
noun
the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From erotic + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EROTICISM · 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.
EROTICISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EROTICISM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EROTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found EROTICISM?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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