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ACAULOUS

/eɪˈkɔːləs/8 letters

Definition of ACAULOUS

adjective

acaulescent

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From a- + caulis (“stalk”) + -ous. See cole.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ous

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ACAULOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 172
Its one board, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
156
First board
16
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

yhpezPATRON

on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ACAULOUS
8
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ACAULOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACLOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and U appear more than once.

Words that start ACAULO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ACAULOUS?

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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.

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