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ARCHIVIST
Definition of ARCHIVIST
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
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Where it comes from
From archive + -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.
ARCHIVIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARCHIVIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACHIIRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ARCHIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found ARCHIVIST?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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