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ARCHAEOLOGIST
Definition of ARCHAEOLOGIST
noun
Someone who studies or practises archaeology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From archaeolog(y) + -ist. By surface analysis, archaeo- + -logist.
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.
ARCHAEOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCHAEOLOGIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACEGHILOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start ARCHAEOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ARCHAEOLOGIST?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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