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CATTAIL
Definition of CATTAIL
noun
Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CATTAIL · 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.
CATTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATTAIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CATTAIL?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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