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VOCATIONER
Definition of VOCATIONER
noun
A person who takes a vocational course.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From vocation + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VOCATION · 5 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.
VOCATIONER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOCATIONER starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEINOORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VOCATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VOCATIONER?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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