The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CALENDARIST
Definition of CALENDARIST
noun
A person who uses a particular form of calendar
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From calendar + -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.
CALENDARIST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 52, 11 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CALENDARIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACDEILNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CALENDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found CALENDARIST?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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