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EDITOR
Definition of EDITOR
noun
A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EDITOR · 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.
EDITOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.
Built from these letters
EDITOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EDITOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found EDITOR?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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