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MONASTICISM
Definition of MONASTICISM
noun
The practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From monastic (“relating to monks”) + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MONASTICISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONASTICISM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACIIMMNOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M, S and I appear more than once.
Words that start MONASTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MONASTICISM?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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