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UFOLOGIST
Definition of UFOLOGIST
noun
A person who studies UFOs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ufolog(y) + -ist. By surface analysis, UFO + -logist.
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.
UFOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
UFOLOGIST starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FGILOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start UFOLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found UFOLOGIST?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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