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VOCABULIST
Definition of VOCABULIST
noun
The writer or maker of a vocabulary (dictionary or glossary); a lexicographer.
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Where it comes from
From Latin vocābulum (“vocable”) + -ist. In sense 3, probably after Middle French vocabuliste or its etymon New Latin vocābulista (“vocabulary”). With sense 1, compare French vocabuliste with the same meaning.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOCABULIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOCABULIST starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCILOSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VOCABU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found VOCABULIST?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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