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CLAUSE

/klɔːz/6 letters

Definition of CLAUSE

noun

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English clause, claus, borrowed from Old French clause, from Medieval Latin clausa (Latin diminutive clausula (“close, end; a clause, close of a period”)), from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere (“to shut, close”). See close, its doublet.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CLAUSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 21 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
9
First board
102
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

CLAUSE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CLAUSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start CLAUSE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CLAUSES

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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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.

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