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CISSUS
Definition of CISSUS
noun
Any of the genus Cissus of woody vines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Cissus, from Latin cissus and Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CISSUS · 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.
CISSUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CISSUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CISSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CISSUS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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