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PARADOXIST
Definition of PARADOXIST
noun
One who holds incorrect or eccentric beliefs; a bad scientist; a crank.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From paradox + -ist.
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.
PARADOXIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PARADOXIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AADIOPRSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PARADO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARADOXIST?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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