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OPERATIONISM
Definition of OPERATIONISM
noun
The doctrine that the meaning of a term consists of the operation(s) performed in defining it
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From operation + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OPERATIONISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPERATIONISM starts with O and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEIIMNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start OPERATIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPERATIONISM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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