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CATGUT
Definition of CATGUT
noun
A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly an abbreviation of the word cattlegut. Alternatively, it may derive by folk etymology from kitgut or kitstring — the word kit, meaning fiddle, having at some point been confused with the word kit for a young cat.
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.
CATGUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATGUT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACGTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found CATGUT?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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