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VENTRILOQUISM
Definition of VENTRILOQUISM
noun
The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.
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Where it comes from
From ventriloquy + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VENTRILOQUISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 40, 29 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENTRILOQUISM starts with V and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIILMNOQRSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start VENTRILOQ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VENTRILOQUISM?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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