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CRITERIUM
Definition of CRITERIUM
noun
A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
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Where it comes from
From French critérium (“competition”), from Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).
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.
CRITERIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRITERIUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMRRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once.
Words that start CRITER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRITERIUM?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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