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CYCLIST
Definition of CYCLIST
noun
A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cycle + -ist, 1882.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CYCLE · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CYCLIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CYCLIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCILSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CYCLIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYCLIST?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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