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HUMANISMS
Definition of HUMANISMS
noun
plural of humanism
noun
The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.
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Word DNA
HUMANISMS inherits its ancestry from its root, HUMANISM.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,761)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HUMANISM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HUMANISMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HUMANISMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHIMMNSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and S appear more than once.
Words that start HUMANI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUMANISMS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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