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IRREDENTISM
Definition of IRREDENTISM
noun
A nationalistic doctrine advocating the annexation of foreign lands with historic or ethnic links.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From irredent(ist) + -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.
IRREDENTISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IRREDENTISM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEEIIMNRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, R and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 IRREDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IRREDENTISM?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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