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CALATHOS
Definition of CALATHOS
noun
A basket-like ornament in Ancient Greek architecture.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CALATHOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALATHOS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACHLOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CALATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALATHOS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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