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SYMBOLISM
Definition of SYMBOLISM
noun
Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From symbol + -ism, sense 2 being a semantic loan from French symbolisme.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,521)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
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.
SYMBOLISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYMBOLISM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BILMMOSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and M appear more than once.
Words that start SYMBOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYMBOLISM?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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