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PEDOLOGIST
Definition of PEDOLOGIST
noun
A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pedology + -ist.
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.
PEDOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEGILOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PEDOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found PEDOLOGIST?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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