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EROTOMANIAC
Definition of EROTOMANIAC
noun
A person suffering from erotomania (in either sense).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From eroto- + -maniac.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EROTOMANIAC in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 137 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EROTOMANIAC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACEIMNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and A appear more than once.
Words that start EROTOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found EROTOMANIAC?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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