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ARTIFICER
Definition of ARTIFICER
noun
Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English artificer, from Middle French artificier, from Latin artificiarius.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARTIFICER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARTIFICER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARTIFICER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIIRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once.
Words that start ARTIFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARTIFICER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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