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NAVIGATOR
Definition of NAVIGATOR
noun
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin nāvigātor. By surface analysis, navigate + -or.
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.
NAVIGATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NAVIGATOR starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAGINORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start NAVIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found NAVIGATOR?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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