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INITIALISM
Definition of INITIALISM
noun
A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
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Where it comes from
From initial + -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.
INITIALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INITIALISM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AIIIILMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start INITIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INITIALISM?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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