The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NANISM
Definition of NANISM
noun
Unusually small size, as the result of a developmental abnormality.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nano- + -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.
NANISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
NANISM starts with N and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AIMNNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NANISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NANISM?
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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