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CAUSEY
Definition of CAUSEY
noun
An embankment holding in water; a dam.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman caucie, chaucee et al., from Late Latin calceāta. In Guernsey use after Guernsey Norman cauchie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
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.
CAUSEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAUSEY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACESUY - 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 CAUSEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAUSEY?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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