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COLORISM
Definition of COLORISM
noun
Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
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Where it comes from
From color + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COLOR · 50 relatives 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.
COLORISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
COLORISM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CILMOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COLORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLORISM?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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