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COLUMNISTS
Definition of COLUMNISTS
noun
plural of columnist
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Word DNA
COLUMNISTS inherits its ancestry from its root, COLUMNIST.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, COLUMNIST · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLUMNISTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLUMNISTS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CILMNOSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start COLUMN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLUMNISTS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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