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CLAG
Definition of CLAG
noun
A glue or paste made from starch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CLAG carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A clot; a mass of sticky or adhesive matter: as, a clag of mud on one's shoe.
noun
A clog, encumbrance, or burden, as on property.
To clog; encumber with something adhesive, as clay.
To stick or adhere.
Where it comes from
From Middle English claggen, probably of Scandinavian origin. Compare Swedish klägg and Old English clǣġ.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,116)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLAG · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Swedish.
CLAG in a sentence
“I hated tanking in the clag and I dreaded the vertigo.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAG starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found CLAG?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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