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HYPNOTISM
Definition of HYPNOTISM
noun
The art of inducing hypnosis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hypnotise + -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.
HYPNOTISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 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
HYPNOTISM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read HIMNOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYPNOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found HYPNOTISM?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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