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EXOTICISM
Definition of EXOTICISM
noun
The state of being exotic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From exotic + -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.
EXOTICISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 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 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXOTICISM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMOSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXOTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXOTICISM?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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