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PATHOLOGIST
Definition of PATHOLOGIST
noun
An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pathology + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PATHOLOGY · 4 relatives 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.
PATHOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 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
PATHOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGHILOOPSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.
Words that start PATHOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATHOLOGIST?
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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