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CAULIS
Definition of CAULIS
noun
Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin caulis. Doublet of cole, gobi, and kale.
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.
CAULIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CAULIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACILSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found CAULIS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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