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CIRROUS
Definition of CIRROUS
adjective
Pertaining to cirri; having filaments, fibrous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cirr- + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CIRROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIRROUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIORRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CIRROUS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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