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CATERWAULING
Definition of CATERWAULING
noun
gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CATERWAULING carries 3 further meanings.
noun
The crying of cats; a howling or screeching.
noun
The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats.
verb
Present participle of caterwaul.
Where it comes from
From caterwaul + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CATERWAUL · 4 relatives in the game
CATERWAULING in a sentence
“Listening to all the caterwauling from the right, one would think that Immigration Reform is a new concept, rather than a decades old problem.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CATERWAULING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATERWAULING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACEGILNRTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CATERWAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CATERWAULING?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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