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ACCOUNTANT
Definition of ACCOUNTANT
noun
One who renders account; one accountable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.
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.
ACCOUNTANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACCOUNTANT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACCNNOTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, C, N and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCOUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCOUNTANT?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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