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PIETISM
Definition of PIETISM
noun
A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.
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Where it comes from
From piety + -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.
PIETISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIETISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIIMPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PIETIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIETISM?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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