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FORMALISTIC
Definition of FORMALISTIC
adjective
Formalist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From formalist + -ic.
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.
FORMALISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FORMALISTIC starts with F and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACFIILMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FORMALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORMALISTIC?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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