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PHRENOLOGIST
Definition of PHRENOLOGIST
noun
An adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PHRENOLOGIST carries 3 further meanings.
noun
One who is versed in phrenology.
noun
One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.
noun
someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull
Where it comes from
From phrenology + -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.
PHRENOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 218 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHRENOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGHILNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PHRENOLOGIST. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHRENOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PHRENOLOGIST?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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