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ESTIMATOR
Definition of ESTIMATOR
noun
A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin aestimātor; equivalent to estimate + -or.
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.
ESTIMATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESTIMATOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEIMORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start ESTIMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESTIMATOR?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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