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PSEUDOMANIA
Definition of PSEUDOMANIA
noun
compulsive lying
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pseudo- + -mania.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PSEUDOMANIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PSEUDOMANIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEIMNOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PSEUDOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PSEUDOMANIA?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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