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CLOISTERER
Definition of CLOISTERER
noun
One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cloystrer, cloysterer, from Old French cloistrier; equivalent to cloister + -er; compare Old French cloistier.
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.
CLOISTERER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLOISTERER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEILORRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLOIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLOISTERER?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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