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CATATONIAS
Definition of CATATONIAS
noun
plural of catatonia
noun
A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
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Word DNA
CATATONIAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CATATONIA.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CATATONIA · 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.
CATATONIAS 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 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATATONIAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAACINOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start CATATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATATONIAS?
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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