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ABLEISM
Definition of ABLEISM
noun
Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual, psychiatric, or other disabilities.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From able + -ism, modelled on racism, sexism, etc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ABLEISM · 1 relative 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.
ABLEISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABLEISM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABEILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ABLEIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found ABLEISM?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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