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CLAYTONIA
Definition of CLAYTONIA
noun
Any plant in the taxonomic genus Claytonia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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.
CLAYTONIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CLAYTONIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACILNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CLAYTONIA?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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