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ECOLOGIST
Definition of ECOLOGIST
noun
A scholar of ecology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From eco- + -logist. The less common sense “environmentalist” might be from association with deep ecology, or influenced by Romance-language equivalents such as Spanish ecologista (“environmentalist”).
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.
ECOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECOLOGIST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEGILOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ECOLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found ECOLOGIST?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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