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POLEMIST
Definition of POLEMIST
noun
A polemicist
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, polem- + -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.
POLEMIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POLEMIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILMOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 POLEMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found POLEMIST?
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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