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CLODPATES
Definition of CLODPATES
noun
plural of clodpate
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Word DNA
CLODPATES inherits its ancestry from its root, CLODPATE.
How it is built
Same root, CLODPATE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLODPATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
CLODPATES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDELOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found CLODPATES?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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