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CONTUSE
Definition of CONTUSE
verb
To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound or beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONTUSE · 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.
CONTUSE 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 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTUSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CENOSTU - 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 CONTUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTUSE?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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