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CASHMERE

/ˈkæʃ.mɪə/8 letters

Definition of CASHMERE

noun

Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Appellativization of Cashmere.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, CASHMERE · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CASHMERE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 22 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
6
First board
164
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.

Built from these letters

CASHMERE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CASHMERE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

MACHREESMARCHESE

Words that start CASHME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CASHMERE?

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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.

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