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CESSPOOL
Definition of CESSPOOL
noun
An underground pit where sewage is held.
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Where it comes from
From earlier sesspool. Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Italian cesso (“privy, a toilet”) + English pool. Alternatively, an alteration of English dialectal suspool, from suss, soss (“a puddle; mire”) + pool. Another possible derivation is from a folk etymology (influence from pool) from earlier cesperalle, alteration of Middle English suspiral, from Middle French souspirail (“an air hole”), from soupirer, souspirer (“to sigh, breathe”), from Latin suspirare.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CESSPOOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CESSPOOL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CELOOPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CESSPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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