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ETHNOLOGIC
Definition of ETHNOLOGIC
adjective
Ethnological.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ethno- + logic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ETHNOLOGIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHNOLOGIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEGHILNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ETHNOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ETHNOLOGIC?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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