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RURALIST
Definition of RURALIST
noun
One who exhibits characteristics or qualities of rural life, or ruralism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rural + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RURAL · 10 relatives 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.
RURALIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
RURALIST starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AILRRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RURALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RURALIST?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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