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EMBRYOLOGIST
Definition of EMBRYOLOGIST
noun
An expert or specialist in embryology
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From embryology + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EMBRYO · 8 relatives 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.
EMBRYOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBRYOLOGIST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEGILMOORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start EMBRYOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found EMBRYOLOGIST?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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