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CAPITALISM
Definition of CAPITALISM
noun
A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit. An economic system based on private control of the means of production and the exploitation of labour by capital. An economic system based on private property and the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French capitalisme (“the condition of one who is rich”); equivalent to capital + -ism. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. First used in English by novelist William Thackeray in The Newcomes [1854-1855].
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.
CAPITALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPITALISM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AACIILMPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start CAPITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CAPITALISM?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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