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CLOYSOME
Definition of CLOYSOME
adjective
Cloying.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cloy + -some.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLOYSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 112, 9 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOYSOME starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELMOOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found CLOYSOME?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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