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VOLUNTARISM
Definition of VOLUNTARISM
noun
A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From voluntary + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
VOLUNTARISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VOLUNTARISM starts with V and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AILMNORSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VOLUNTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found VOLUNTARISM?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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