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CEREUS
Definition of CEREUS
noun
Any of the genus Cereus, either as currently or formerly defined, of plants of the cactus family, natives to the Americas, from California to Chile.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Cereus. Doublet of serge.
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.
CEREUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CEREUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEERSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CEREUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CEREUS?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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