The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CEREOUS
Definition of CEREOUS
adjective
waxen; waxy; like wax
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cēreus, from cēra (“wax”).
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.
CEREOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CEREOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found CEREOUS?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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