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HISTORIAN
Definition of HISTORIAN
noun
A writer of history.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HISTORIAN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HISTORIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HISTORIAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AHIINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start HISTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found HISTORIAN?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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