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CACHALOT
Definition of CACHALOT
noun
The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French cachalot, from Portuguese cachalote, from cachola (“head”) + -ote.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (98)
branch · 15.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CACHALOT · 1 relative 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.
CACHALOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
CACHALOT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACCHLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and A appear more than once.
Could you have found CACHALOT?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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