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PAEDOLOGIST
Definition of PAEDOLOGIST
noun
One who researches and studies children: a student of paedology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From paedo- + -logist.
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.
PAEDOLOGIST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 141 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAEDOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEGILOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PAEDOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PAEDOLOGIST?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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