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PTERIDOLOGIST
Definition of PTERIDOLOGIST
noun
A person who studies ferns and other pteridophytes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pteridology + -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.
PTERIDOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PTERIDOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEGIILOOPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, I and O appear more than once.
Words that start PTERIDOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PTERIDOLOGIST?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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