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IODISM
Definition of IODISM
noun
iodine poisoning
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IODISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IODISM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DIIMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IODISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found IODISM?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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