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PERFECTIONISM
Definition of PERFECTIONISM
noun
An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From perfection + -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.
PERFECTIONISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERFECTIONISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEEFIIMNOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PERFECTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PERFECTIONISM?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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