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HETAERISM
Definition of HETAERISM
noun
A theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was characterized by the absence of the institution of marriage in any form, and where women were the common property of their tribe, and the children never knew their fathers.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”) + -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.
HETAERISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 126, 23 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HETAERISM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEEHIMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HETAER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HETAERISM?
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 126 - and most players walked straight past it.
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