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CAUSE
Definition of CAUSE
noun
The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAUSE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CAUSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACESU - 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 CAUSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAUSE?
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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