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ARACHNOLOGIST
Definition of ARACHNOLOGIST
noun
One who is engaged in arachnology, the study of arachnids.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From arachnology + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
ARACHNOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 128, 25 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARACHNOLOGIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACGHILNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Could you have found ARACHNOLOGIST?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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