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MINERALOGIST
Definition of MINERALOGIST
noun
An expert in mineralogy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mineral + -logist. Compare later mineralogy and French minéralogiste.
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.
MINERALOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MINERALOGIST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEGIILMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MINERALO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found MINERALOGIST?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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