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CASSOWARY
Definition of CASSOWARY
noun
Any of the large, flightless, cursorial birds of the genus Casuarius, family Casuariidae, native to Australia and New Guinea, having a characteristic bony casque on the head.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Malay kasuari.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (238)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CASSOWARY · 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.
CASSOWARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CASSOWARY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACORSSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CASSOWARY?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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