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CITRUS
Definition of CITRUS
noun
Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin citrus (“a citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar.
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.
CITRUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CITRUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIRSTU - 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 CITRUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CITRUS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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