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CIVILIST

/ˈsɪvɪlɪst/8 letters

Definition of CIVILIST

noun

One who studies or works with the civil law.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin civilista, from Latin cīvīlis (“civil (law)”), on the pattern of Medieval Latin canonista (“canonist”), from Latin canōn (“rule”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

CIVILIST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 127
Its one board, across 127 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

grinninggoose

on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CIVILIST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CIVILIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CIIILSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start CIVILI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CIVILIANCIVILISECIVILITYCIVILIZECIVILIANSCIVILISEDCIVILISERCIVILISESCIVILISTSCIVILIZEDCIVILIZERCIVILIZES

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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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.

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