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CIST
Definition of CIST
noun
A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of chest.
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.
CIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found CIST?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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