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VOLUMIST
Definition of VOLUMIST
noun
The author of a volume.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From volume + -ist.
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.
VOLUMIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOLUMIST starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ILMOSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VOLUMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found VOLUMIST?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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