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PSYWAR

6 letters

Definition of PSYWAR

noun

psychological warfare

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Shortening.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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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.

PSYWAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 20 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
35
First board
100
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

frumpiest

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PSYWAR
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PSYWAR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read APRSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start PSYWAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PSYWARS

Could you have found PSYWAR?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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