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CASEWORK
Definition of CASEWORK
noun
Any type of work done on an individual case, such as a legal case or a client case in social services.
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Where it comes from
From case + work.
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.
CASEWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CASEWORK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACEKORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CASEWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CASEWORK?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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