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COLOSSEUM
Definition of COLOSSEUM
noun
Alternative spelling of coliseum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin colossēum, from neuter of colosseus (“gigantic”), from Ancient Greek κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos), from κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”). By surface analysis, colossus + -eum.
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.
COLOSSEUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLOSSEUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CELMOOSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COLOSS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLOSSEUM?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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