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CICATRISE
Definition of CICATRISE
verb
To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
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Where it comes from
From Old French cicatriser (French cicatriser), from Latin cicātrīx (“scar”), equivalent to cicatrix + -ise.
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.
CICATRISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CICATRISE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Words that start CICATR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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