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CASHEW
Definition of CASHEW
noun
Any tree of the genus Anacardium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Reanalysis of French acajou as a + cajou, from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of acajou.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,177)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CASHEW · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CASHEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CASHEW starts with C and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACEHSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found CASHEW?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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