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KLEPTOMANIAC
Definition of KLEPTOMANIAC
noun
One who steals compulsively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
KLEPTOMANIAC carries 2 further meanings.
noun
A person affected with kleptomania.
noun
someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
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).
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, KLEPTOMANIAC · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Indo-European.
KLEPTOMANIAC in a sentence
“The word kleptomaniac has appeared in three New York Times articles in the past year, including on April 3 in "The Workout Begins When Pants Go Missing" by Dan Bilefsky:”
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 34 boards so far. 268 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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?
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