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TOKENISM
Definition of TOKENISM
noun
A policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures; especially to hire a minimal number of ethnically diverse or disadvantaged people.
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Where it comes from
From token + -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.
TOKENISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TOKENISM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIKMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TOKENI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found TOKENISM?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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