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CASTIGATOR
Definition of CASTIGATOR
noun
One who castigates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From castigate + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CASTIGATE · 3 relatives 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.
CASTIGATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CASTIGATOR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACGIORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start CASTIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CASTIGATOR?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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