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FETICHISM
Definition of FETICHISM
noun
Archaic form of fetishism.
noun
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fetich + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FETICHISM · 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.
FETICHISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FETICHISM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEFHIIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FETICH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found FETICHISM?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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