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TELEGRAPHIST
Definition of TELEGRAPHIST
noun
A telegrapher or telegraph operator.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From telegraph + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TELEGRAPH · 7 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.
TELEGRAPHIST 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 5 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
TELEGRAPHIST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHILPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start TELEGRAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELEGRAPHIST?
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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