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DESIGNATOR
Definition of DESIGNATOR
noun
A person who, or term that, designates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From designate + -or.
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.
DESIGNATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESIGNATOR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEGINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DESIGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESIGNATOR?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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