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CARTOONISH
Definition of CARTOONISH
adjective
Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cartoon + -ish. Piecewise doublet of cartoonesque.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
CARTOONISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARTOONISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHINOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CARTOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found CARTOONISH?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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