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CALENTURE
Definition of CALENTURE
noun
A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French calenture, from Spanish calentura.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (432)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CALENTURE · 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.
CALENTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALENTURE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CALENTURE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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