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CITER

5 letters

Definition of CITER

noun

One who cites.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From cite + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CITER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 5 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
36
First board
90
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.

Built from these letters

CITER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CITER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start CITER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CITER?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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