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CATHETER
Definition of CATHETER
noun
A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French cathéter, from Late Latin cathetēr, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “surgical instrument for emptying the bladder”), from καθίημι (kathíēmi, “to descend, let down”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs).
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.
CATHETER 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 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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
CATHETER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start CATHET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATHETER?
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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