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MASOCHIST
Definition of MASOCHIST
noun
Someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch + -ist. Coined by Richard von Krafft-Ebing and popularized by Freud in relation to sadomasochism.
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.
MASOCHIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASOCHIST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start MASOCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASOCHIST?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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