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PSYCHOLOGIST
Definition of PSYCHOLOGIST
noun
An expert in the field of psychology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From psycholog(y) + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PSYCHOLOGIST · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PSYCHOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PSYCHOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CGHILOOPSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear more than once.
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 PSYCHOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PSYCHOLOGIST?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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