The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TELEOLOGISM
Definition of TELEOLOGISM
noun
The idea that whether an action is right or wrong is determined by its consequences.
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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.
TELEOLOGISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELEOLOGISM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EEGILLMOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, L and O appear more than once.
Words that start TELEOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELEOLOGISM?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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