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CATHARSES
Definition of CATHARSES
noun
plural of catharsis
noun
A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
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Word DNA
CATHARSES inherits its ancestry from its root, CATHARSIS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,543)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CATHARSIS · 1 relative 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.
CATHARSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATHARSES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEHRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once.
Words that start CATHAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATHARSES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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