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PHYTOLOGIST
Definition of PHYTOLOGIST
noun
Someone skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phyto- + -logist.
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.
PHYTOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PHYTOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GHILOOPSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.
Words that start PHYTOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHYTOLOGIST?
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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