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CLEG
Definition of CLEG
noun
a blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clege, from Old Norse kleggi. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk klegg. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s (“point”); compare Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (211)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLEG · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Norwegian, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLEG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEG starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CLEG?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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