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MYCOLOGIST
Definition of MYCOLOGIST
noun
A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
MYCOLOGIST carries 3 further meanings.
noun
One who is versed in mycology.
noun
One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.
noun
a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi
Where it comes from
From myco- + -logist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MYCOLOGIST · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MYCOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MYCOLOGIST starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CGILMOOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MYCOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MYCOLOGIST?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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