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EXOTERICISM
Definition of EXOTERICISM
noun
The quality of being widely known or exoteric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From exoteric + -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.
EXOTERICISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXOTERICISM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEEIIMORSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXOTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXOTERICISM?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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