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FATALISM
Definition of FATALISM
noun
The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fatal + -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.
FATALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FATALISM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AAFILMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FATALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FATALISM?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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