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HIEROLOGIST
Definition of HIEROLOGIST
noun
A student of, or expert in, hierology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hierology + -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.
HIEROLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIEROLOGIST starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGHIILOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start HIEROLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIEROLOGIST?
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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