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LEPIDOPTERIST
Definition of LEPIDOPTERIST
noun
Someone who studies lepidoptery; someone who studies butterflies and moths.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lepidoptery + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LEPIDOPTERIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEPIDOPTERIST starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEIILOPPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, P, I and T appear more than once.
Words that start LEPIDOPTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEPIDOPTERIST?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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