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CRONYISM
Definition of CRONYISM
noun
Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially , in their appointment to political positions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crony (“close friend”) + -ism (suffix forming names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons).
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.
CRONYISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 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
CRONYISM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CIMNORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRONYI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CRONYISM?
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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