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ARCHAIST
Definition of ARCHAIST
noun
A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Either archaic + -ist or archaism + -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.
ARCHAIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARCHAIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACHIRST - 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 ARCHAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ARCHAIST?
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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