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PYROMANIA

/ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/9 letters

Definition of PYROMANIA

noun

A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From pyro- + -mania.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

PYROMANIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 28 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
28
Boards found on
13
First board
94
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PYROMANIA
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PYROMANIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAIMNOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start PYROMA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PYROMANCYPYROMANCERPYROMANIACPYROMANIASPYROMANTICPYROMANCERSPYROMANCIESPYROMANIACSPYROMANIACAL

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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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.

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