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VOLCANIST
Definition of VOLCANIST
noun
Someone interested in volcanism and volcanology the study of volcanoes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From volcano + -ist.
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.
VOLCANIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
VOLCANIST starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACILNOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VOLCAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found VOLCANIST?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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