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FINALISM
Definition of FINALISM
noun
teleology
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From final + -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.
FINALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FINALISM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AFIILMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FINALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found FINALISM?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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