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WELFARISM
Definition of WELFARISM
noun
An axiology or ethical theory in which value is determined by the well-being (e.g., happiness) of people or other sentient beings.
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Where it comes from
From welfare + -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.
WELFARISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WELFARISM starts with W and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEFILMRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WELFAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WELFARISM?
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 116 - and most players walked straight past it.
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