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KLEPTOMANIA
Definition of KLEPTOMANIA
noun
A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
KLEPTOMANIA carries 4 further meanings.
noun
An obsessive impulse to steal regardless of economic need.
noun
See cleptomania, cleptomaniac.
noun
A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.
noun
an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- + -mania.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,660)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KLEPTOMANIA · 1 relative 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.
KLEPTOMANIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 202 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KLEPTOMANIA starts with K and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEIKLMNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start KLEPTOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found KLEPTOMANIA?
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