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NARCISMS
Definition of NARCISMS
Wiktionary has no entry for NARCISMS itself. This is its base word, NARCISM.
noun
Alternative form of narcissism.
NARCISSISM
noun
Excessive love of oneself.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for NARCISM.
Syncopic form of narcissism, after German Narzissmus, French narcisme.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,487)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NARCISM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NARCISMS 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 31 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
NARCISMS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start NARCIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NARCISMS?
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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