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CITRONS
Definition of CITRONS
noun
plural of citron
noun
A small citrus tree, Citrus medica. The fruit of a citron tree. The candied rind of the citron fruit. A greenish yellow colour, inspired by the color of the rind of the citron fruit.
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Word DNA
CITRONS inherits its ancestry from its root, CITRON.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CITRON · 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.
CITRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CITRONS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CINORST - 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 CITRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found CITRONS?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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