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CATLING
Definition of CATLING
noun
A little cat; a kitten.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cat + -ling. Compare kitling, catkin. According to the OED, the sense of a surgical knife may be an independent word.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CAT · 28 relatives 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.
CATLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATLING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CATLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATLING?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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