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LIBRARIAN

/laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/9 letters

Definition of LIBRARIAN

noun

The keeper, manager of a library.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From library + -an. First attested around 1710.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LIBRARIAN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 127
Its one board, across 127 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

valandar

on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LIBRARIAN
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LIBRARIAN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABIILNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, R and A appear more than once.

Words that start LIBRAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.

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