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CIRRUS
Definition of CIRRUS
noun
Synonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”). A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the mouth”) of some fish, a cilium of some species of protists, or a foot of some crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia. A tuft of ornamental feathers. A long, thin, wirelike tail feather.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus (“curl; fringe of clothes; mane (especially forelock) of a horse; etc”); further etymology unknown. Sense 2 (“type of cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. The plural form cirri is also a learned borrowing from Latin cirrī, the nominative or vocative plural of cirrus.
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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.
CIRRUS 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 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIRRUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CIRRUS?
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