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SYMPATHISER
Definition of SYMPATHISER
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathizer.
noun
A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.
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Where it comes from
From sympathise + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SYMPATHIZE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYMPATHISER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYMPATHISER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHIMPRSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SYMPATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYMPATHISER?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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