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PURITANISM
Definition of PURITANISM
noun
Strict and austere religious conduct.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French puritanisme, equivalent to puritan + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,168)
branch · 12.8% 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.
PURITANISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURITANISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AIIMNPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PURITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found PURITANISM?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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