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HYLISM
Definition of HYLISM
noun
Synonym of materialism, mindfulness of or belief in mere physical reality and disregard of or disbelief in intellectual and spiritual concerns.
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Where it comes from
From hyle + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HYLE · 2 relatives 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.
HYLISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HYLISM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read HILMSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYLISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYLISM?
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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