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CIGAR
Definition of CIGAR
noun
A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish cigarro, of uncertain origin. See that entry for more information.
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.
CIGAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CIGAR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACGIR - 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 CIGAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found CIGAR?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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