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CATTLE
Definition of CATTLE
noun
Domesticated animals of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (whence also capital, from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”)). For the sense evolution, compare pecuniary and fee. Also compare Russian поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje, “total number of livestock”) from Russian голова́ (golová, “head”). Doublet of capital and chattel. Compare Old Dutch katēl ("moveable property, head of cattle"; whence Middle Dutch cateele, cateile, catteil, catel (“cattle, livestock, moveable property, assets”), modern Dutch kateil), Middle Low German katêle, katêl, kachtele (“moveable property, cattle”), borrowed from the same Romance source.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CATTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CATTLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 CATTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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