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OPTIMIST
Definition of OPTIMIST
noun
A person who expects a favourable outcome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French optimiste.
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.
OPTIMIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPTIMIST starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IIMOPSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
Words that start OPTIMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPTIMIST?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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