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SLUMISM
Definition of SLUMISM
noun
The decay of urban areas into slums.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From slum + -ism.
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.
SLUMISM 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 24 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
SLUMISM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ILMMSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and M appear more than once.
Words that start SLUMIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLUMISM?
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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