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CERO
Definition of CERO
noun
A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Corruption of Spanish sierra (“sawfish”).
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.
CERO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 89 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CERO starts with C and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CEOR - 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 CERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found CERO?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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