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CETOLOGIST
Definition of CETOLOGIST
noun
A biologist who studies cetaceans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cetology + -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.
CETOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CETOLOGIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEGILOOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.
Words that start CETOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CETOLOGIST?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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