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EVANGELIST
Definition of EVANGELIST
noun
An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French evangeliste, equivalent to evangel + -ist, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs, “bringer of good news”), from εὐαγγελίζεσθαι (euangelízesthai, “to evangelize”), from εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ἀγγέλλειν (angéllein, “to announce”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
EVANGELIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EVANGELIST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEGILNSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EVANGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found EVANGELIST?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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