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COLOSSUSES
Definition of COLOSSUSES
noun
plural of colossus
noun
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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Word DNA
COLOSSUSES inherits its ancestry from its root, COLOSSUS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COLOSSUS · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLOSSUSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLOSSUSES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CELOOSSSSU - 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 COLOSSUSES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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