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PHOENIXISM
Definition of PHOENIXISM
noun
The fraudulent practice of terminating a business as bankrupt while secretly using its assets to set up another business.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phoenix + -ism, after the mythological bird that is resurrected from its own ashes.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHOENIX · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHOENIXISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PHOENIXISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EHIIMNOPSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PHOENI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHOENIXISM?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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