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FAVOURITISM
Definition of FAVOURITISM
noun
The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From favourit(e) + -ism.
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.
FAVOURITISM in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 26, 15 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 80 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FAVOURITISM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AFIIMORSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FAVOURI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found FAVOURITISM?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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