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COLORISMS
Definition of COLORISMS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
COLORISMS inherits its ancestry from its root, COLOR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COLOR · 54 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLORISMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLORISMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CILMOORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear 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 COLORISMS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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