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TELEOLOGIST
Definition of TELEOLOGIST
noun
One who studies teleology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From teleology + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TELEOLOGY · 2 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.
TELEOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELEOLOGIST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEGILLOOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E, L and O appear more than once.
Words that start TELEOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELEOLOGIST?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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