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RANKISM

/ˈɹæŋkɪz(ə)m/7 letters

Definition of RANKISM

noun

Abuse, discrimination, or exploitation based on rank.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From rank + -ism, probably by analogy with words like racism and sexism. It was coined by American physicist, author and social reformer Robert Works Fuller (1936–2025).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RANKISM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

flibbertigibbet

on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RANKISM
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RANKISM starts with R and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AIKMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start RANKIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RANKISHRANKISMS

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