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CITROUS
Definition of CITROUS
adjective
Pertaining to (plants and fruits of) the genus Citrus; pertaining to citrus plants and their fruits.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From citrus + -ous.
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.
CITROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CITROUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CITROUS?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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