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CAVERNULOUS
Definition of CAVERNULOUS
adjective
Full of small cavities.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin cavernula
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% 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.
CAVERNULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CAVERNULOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELNORSUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found CAVERNULOUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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