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REALIST
Definition of REALIST
noun
An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From real + -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.
REALIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REALIST starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REALIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found REALIST?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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