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CATALOGS

8 letters

Definition of CATALOGS

noun

plural of catalog

CATALOGUE · via catalog

noun

A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

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Word DNA

CATALOGS inherits its ancestry from its root, CATALOGUE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,700)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-loguecata-kata-

Same root, CATALOGUE · 4 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

CATALOGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 161
Its 4 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
95
First board
138
Latest board
36
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.

First ever to find it

vanel

on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CATALOGS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CATALOGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACGLOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start CATALO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CATALOGS?

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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.

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