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POLITICS

/ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/8 letters

Definition of POLITICS

noun

A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an organization, or a movement.

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Where it comes from

From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τά πολῑτῐκᾱ́ (tá polītĭkā́, “affairs of state”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

POLITICS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 22 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
19
First board
102
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Built from these letters

POLITICS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

POLITICS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIILOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start POLITI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

POLITICPOLITICKPOLITICOPOLITIESPOLITICALPOLITICKSPOLITICLYPOLITICOSPOLITIQUEPOLITICIANPOLITICISEPOLITICIZE

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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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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