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URBANOLOGIST
Definition of URBANOLOGIST
noun
a sociologist who studies the problems of living in cities and towns
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From urbanology + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, URBAN · 11 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.
URBANOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
URBANOLOGIST starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABGILNOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start URBANOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found URBANOLOGIST?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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