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CLAQUEUR
Definition of CLAQUEUR
noun
A member of the claque employed to applaud during a theatre performance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French claqueur.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,141)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLAQUEUR · 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.
CLAQUEUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAQUEUR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACELQRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CLAQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLAQUEUR?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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