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CLOUTER
Definition of CLOUTER
noun
One who clouts or strikes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clowter; equivalent to clout + -er.
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.
CLOUTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOUTER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CELORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLOUTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found CLOUTER?
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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