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PSEUDONYM
Definition of PSEUDONYM
noun
A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), a dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onym.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
PSEUDONYM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 71 boards so far. 400 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PSEUDONYM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEMNOPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PSEUDO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PSEUDONYM?
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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