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FETISHISM
Definition 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 fetish + -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.
FETISHISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FETISHISM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EFHIIMSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once.
Words that start FETISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FETISHISM?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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