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NATURALIST
Definition of NATURALIST
noun
A natural philosopher; a scientist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.
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.
NATURALIST 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 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
NATURALIST starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAILNRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start NATURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NATURALIST?
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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