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ALCHEMIST
Definition of ALCHEMIST
noun
One who practices alchemy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French alquemiste (French alchimiste), from Medieval Latin alchemista. Equivalent to alchemy + -ist.
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.
ALCHEMIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALCHEMIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ALCHEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found ALCHEMIST?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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