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DEVOLUTIONIST
Definition of DEVOLUTIONIST
noun
A proponent of devolution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From devolution + -ist.
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.
DEVOLUTIONIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEVOLUTIONIST starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEIILNOOSTTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start DEVOLUTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEVOLUTIONIST?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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