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CALTROPS
Definition of CALTROPS
noun
plural of caltrop
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CALTROPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALTROPS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACLOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CALTROPS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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