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ORPHANISM
Definition of ORPHANISM
noun
The state of being an orphan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From orphan + -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.
ORPHANISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ORPHANISM starts with O and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AHIMNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ORPHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORPHANISM?
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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