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ROMCOM
Definition of ROMCOM
noun
Syllabic abbreviation of romantic comedy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Syllabic abbreviation of romantic comedy. The morphology is generally agreed to be inspired by the earlier sitcom, which see for more.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
ROMCOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROMCOM starts with R and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CMMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and M appear more than once.
Words that start ROMCOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROMCOM?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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