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CAATINGA

/kɑːˈtɪŋɡə/8 letters

Definition of CAATINGA

noun

A sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caatinga, borrowed from Old Tupi ka'atinga, from ka'a (“forest”) + ting (“white”) + -a (nominal suffix).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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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.

CAATINGA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 127
Its one board, across 127 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

jaka

on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CAATINGA
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CAATINGA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAACGINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start CAATIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CAATINGA?

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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.

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