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CATALOGUE

/ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/9 letters

Definition of CATALOGUE

noun

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

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Where it comes from

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue.

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Word DNA

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

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,672)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-loguecata-kata-

Same root, CATALOGUE · 2 relatives in the game

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

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

CATALOGUE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 146
Its 18 boards, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
35
First board
138
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.

Built from these letters

CATALOGUE
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start CATALO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CATALOCATALOGCATALOSCATALOESCATALOGSCATALOGEDCATALOGERCATALOGICCATALOGERSCATALOGINGCATALOGISECATALOGIZE

Could you have found CATALOGUE?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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