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COLUMNIST
Definition of COLUMNIST
noun
A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From column + -ist, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.
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.
COLUMNIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
COLUMNIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CILMNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COLUMN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found COLUMNIST?
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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