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CELOSIA
Definition of CELOSIA
noun
An ornamental amaranth of the genus Celosia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Celosia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
CELOSIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CELOSIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEILOS - 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 CELOSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found CELOSIA?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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