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KLEPTOMANIAC
Definition of KLEPTOMANIAC
noun
One who steals compulsively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “I steal”) (from Proto-Hellenic *klépt͏̌ō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klep-) + -maniac.
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.
KLEPTOMANIAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
KLEPTOMANIAC starts with K and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACEIKLMNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start KLEPTOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found KLEPTOMANIAC?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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