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CASTRATION
Definition of CASTRATION
noun
The act of removing the testicles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From castrate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CASTRATE · 2 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.
CASTRATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CASTRATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACINORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start CASTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CASTRATION?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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