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CERUMENS

8 letters

Definition of CERUMENS

noun

plural of cerumen

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CERUMENS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 5 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
29
First board
91
Latest board
39
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.

First ever to find it

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on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CERUMENS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CERUMENS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEMNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start CERUME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CERUMENS?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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