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LYRICISM
Definition of LYRICISM
noun
Great enthusiasm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lyric + -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.
LYRICISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LYRICISM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CIILMRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start LYRICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found LYRICISM?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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