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CERISE
Definition of CERISE
noun
A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations 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
Same root, CERISE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CERISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CERISE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found CERISE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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