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NEUROTICISM
Definition of NEUROTICISM
noun
The quality or state of being neurotic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neurotic + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NEUROTICISM · 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.
NEUROTICISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEUROTICISM starts with N and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start NEUROTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found NEUROTICISM?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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