The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FIGURIST
Definition of FIGURIST
noun
A proponent of figurism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From figure + -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.
FIGURIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIGURIST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FGIIRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FIGURI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIGURIST?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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