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ESOTERICIST
Definition of ESOTERICIST
noun
One who appreciates, promotes or desires the esoteric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From esoteric + -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.
ESOTERICIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ESOTERICIST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEIIORSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, S, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start ESOTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESOTERICIST?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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