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PERFECTIONIST
Definition of PERFECTIONIST
noun
Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From perfection + -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.
PERFECTIONIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERFECTIONIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEFIINOPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start PERFECTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERFECTIONIST?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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