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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).
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 90 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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