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CLERISY
Definition of CLERISY
noun
An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros) + -isy. Introduced by Coleridge, based on German Clerisei (modern Klerisei), from Late Latin clēricus.
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.
CLERISY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CLERISY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEILRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLERIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found CLERISY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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