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CLOG
Definition of CLOG
noun
A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
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Where it comes from
Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLOG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOG starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CLOG?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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