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CACTUS
Definition of CACTUS
noun
Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
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Where it comes from
From taxonomic name Cactus, a name given in 1752 by Linnaeus for a genus of cacti (now superseded by the genus name Mammillaria), from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.
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.
CACTUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CACTUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CACTUS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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