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PATRIOTISM
Definition of PATRIOTISM
noun
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From patriot + -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.
PATRIOTISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATRIOTISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AIIMOPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
Words that start PATRIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATRIOTISM?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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