LOGISTIC

Where it comes from

From French logistique, from Ancient Greek λογιστικός (logistikós, “practiced in arithmetic; rational”), from λογίζομαι (logízomai, “I reason, I calculate”), from λόγος (lógos, “reason, computation”), whence English logos, logic, logarithm, etc.; modern mathematical use influenced by related logarithmic. Sense of “logistic function” by Pierre François Verhulst (1845) in French, then borrowed into English. Verhulst does not explain his choice of naming, but he contrasts it with the logarithmic curve (also from λόγος (lógos)), and it is presumably by analogy with arithmetic and geometric (other divisions of mathematics), as his discussion of arithmetic growth and geometric growth precede his discussion of logistic growth. The term logistic and logistical also found occasional mathematical use in English prior to 1800, from the same Greek origin.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

LOGISTIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.

Built from these letters

LOGISTIC starts with L and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CGIILOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start LOGIST

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 15