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CLOUGH
Definition of CLOUGH
noun
A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English clough, clow, cloȝ, from Old English *clōh, from Proto-West Germanic *klą̄h (“cleft, sluice, abyss”), of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”). Cognate with Scots cleuch (“gorge; ravine”), Old High German klāh (in placenames), Old High German klingo, klinga (“brook, cataract, gulf, rapids”). Perhaps conflated or influenced by Old Norse klofi (“a cleft or rift in a hill, ravine”); compare Dutch kloof (“a slit, crevice, chink”). See also cling, clove.
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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.
CLOUGH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOUGH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CGHLOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CLOUGH?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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