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NATIVIST
Definition of NATIVIST
noun
An advocate of nativism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From native + -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.
NATIVIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NATIVIST starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AIINSTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear 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 NATIVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NATIVIST?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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