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LYRISM
Definition of LYRISM
noun
The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lyre + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LYRISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 135, 2 October 2026.
Built from these letters
LYRISM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ILMRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LYRISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LYRISM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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