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HETAIRISM
Definition of HETAIRISM
noun
Alternative form 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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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HETAIRISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HETAIRISM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEHIIMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start HETAIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found HETAIRISM?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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