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ACADEMIST
Definition of ACADEMIST
noun
An academic philosopher.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French académiste, from académie (“academy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,269)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACADEMIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ACADEMIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ACADEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACADEMIST?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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