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ELITISM
Definition of ELITISM
noun
The belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From elite + -ism. First attested in the 1930s.
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.
ELITISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELITISM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIILMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 ELITIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELITISM?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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