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CIGUATERAS
Definition of CIGUATERAS
noun
plural of ciguatera
noun
A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.
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Word DNA
CIGUATERAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CIGUATERA.
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (936)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CIGUATERA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CIGUATERAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CIGUATERAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEGIRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found CIGUATERAS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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