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METHODISM

9 letters

Definition of METHODISM

noun

The practice of adhering to methods.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From method + -ism.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-ism

Same root, METHOD · 8 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

METHODISM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
167
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

carbonunit2

on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

METHODISM
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

METHODISM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEHIMMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.

Words that start METHOD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found METHODISM?

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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.

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