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OPPORTUNISM
Definition of OPPORTUNISM
noun
The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French opportunisme, equivalent to opportune + -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.
OPPORTUNISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
Built from these letters
OPPORTUNISM starts with O and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read IMNOOPPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OPPORTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPPORTUNISM?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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