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CLEMATIS
Definition of CLEMATIS
noun
Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Clematis, from Latin clēmatis, from Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís), from κλῆμα (klêma, “vine, branch with vines”).
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.
CLEMATIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEMATIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLEMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found CLEMATIS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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