The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GURUISM
Definition of GURUISM
noun
The tendency to look to a particular revered individual as a teacher or mentor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From guru + -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.
GURUISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GURUISM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GIMRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start GURUIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GURUISM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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