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CLOISTERING
Definition of CLOISTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of cloister
noun
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: such an arcade in a monastery; such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
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Word DNA
CLOISTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, CLOISTER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLOISTER · 4 relatives 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.
CLOISTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLOISTERING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGIILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CLOISTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CLOISTERING?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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