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PYROMANIAC
Definition of PYROMANIAC
noun
A person experiencing pyromania.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyro- + -maniac.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYROMANIAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYROMANIAC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACIMNOPRY - 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.
Could you have found PYROMANIAC?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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