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CYNOLOGIST
Definition of CYNOLOGIST
noun
One who studies dogs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cynology + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CYNOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYNOLOGIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CGILNOOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found CYNOLOGIST?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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