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CATERWAUL
Definition of CATERWAUL
verb
To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English caterwrawen, from cater (“cat”) + wrawen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat”), equivalent to cat + waul. Compare Low German katerwaulen (“to cry like a cat”) and Middle Dutch cater (“tomcat”) (Dutch kater).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CATERWAUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATERWAUL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACELRTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CATERW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CATERWAUL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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