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CALIGINOUS
Definition of CALIGINOUS
adjective
Dark, obscure; murky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etymon cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”). Cālīginōsus is derived from cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog, mist, vapour; darkness, gloom”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
CALIGINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALIGINOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGIILNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found CALIGINOUS?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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