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LEGIST
Definition of LEGIST
noun
One skilled in the law.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French légiste, from Medieval Latin lēgista, from Latin lex (“law”). Compare legal.
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.
LEGIST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEGIST starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LEGIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found LEGIST?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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