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ORGANIST
Definition of ORGANIST
noun
A musician who plays the organ.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French organiste, from Medieval Latin organista. By surface analysis, organ + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORGANIST · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORGANIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORGANIST starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ORGANI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found ORGANIST?
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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