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CERAMIST
Definition of CERAMIST
noun
A person who makes ceramics objects; a potter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ceram(ic) + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CERAMIST · 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.
CERAMIST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 137 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CERAMIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CERAMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CERAMIST?
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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