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CLUSTERED

/ˈklʌstəd/9 letters

Definition of CLUSTERED

adjective

Grouped into a cluster.

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Word DNA

CLUSTERED inherits its ancestry from its root, CLUSTER.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.3%

of traced words share this origin (11,343)

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, CLUSTER · 4 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CLUSTERED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 30 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
30
Boards found on
8
First board
160
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

soapytoothbrush

on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CLUSTERED
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CLUSTERED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEELRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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.

DECLUSTER

Words that start CLUSTE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CLUSTERED?

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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