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CASTE
Definition of CASTE
noun
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish casta (“lineage, breed, race”), which the OED derives from Portuguese casto (“chaste”), from Latin castus (“chaste"; "chastity”), Coromines (1987) argues instead for a hypothetical Gothic form *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts, “group, collection of animals”), cognate with English cast, from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵ-es-.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CASTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CASTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CASTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CASTE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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