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SOLECISM
Definition of SOLECISM
noun
An error or improper usage.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French solecisme, soloëcisme (French solécisme) or its etymon Latin soloecismus, from Ancient Greek σολοικισμός (soloikismós), from σόλοικος (sóloikos, “speaking incorrectly”), from Σόλοι (Sóloi), an ancient Athenian colony in Cilicia whose inhabitants spoke a dialect regarded by Athenians as a corrupted and barbarous form of Attic Greek. Compare Atticism.
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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.
SOLECISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SOLECISM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEILMOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SOLECI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOLECISM?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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