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CATMINT
Definition of CATMINT
noun
Synonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English catt mynte, kattesminte, equivalent to cat + mint. The word’s appearance in early Middle English (c. 1230) and other Germanic languages (German Katzenminze, Icelandic kattarminta, Swedish kattmynta) means that it is very likely to have existed in Old English (as *cattes minte) as well.
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.
CATMINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATMINT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start CATMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATMINT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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