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OLOGIST
Definition of OLOGIST
noun
One who studies some branch of learning, especially one ending in -ology; a specialist.
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Where it comes from
From the suffix -ologist.
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.
OLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OLOGIST starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GILOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OLOGIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OLOGIST?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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