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CELLIST

/ˈt͡ʃɛlɪst/7 letters

Definition of CELLIST

noun

Someone who plays the cello.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From cello + -ist.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CELLIST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

chewingmedulla

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CELLIST
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CELLIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEILLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start CELLIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CELLIST?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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