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CAEOMA
Definition of CAEOMA
noun
An aecium of some rust fungi that has no peridium or outer membrane.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
New Latin caeoma, from Ancient Greek καίειν (kaíein, “to burn”) + -ωμα (-ōma). Attested from 1832.
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.
CAEOMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAEOMA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found CAEOMA?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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