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HERBOLOGIST
Definition of HERBOLOGIST
noun
One who studies herbology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From herbology + -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.
HERBOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HERBOLOGIST starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEGHILOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HERBOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HERBOLOGIST?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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