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DOCUMENTARIAN
Definition of DOCUMENTARIAN
noun
A person whose profession is to create documentary films.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From documentary + -an. From document + -arian.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOCUMENTARIAN · 1 relative 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.
DOCUMENTARIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOCUMENTARIAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIMNNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and A appear more than once.
Words that start DOCUMENTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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