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CALLOUS
Definition of CALLOUS
adjective
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus.
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.
CALLOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALLOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACLLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CALLOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALLOUS?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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