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CROTALISM
Definition of CROTALISM
noun
A condition caused by poisonous plants in the genus Crotalaria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Crotalaria + -ism
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROTALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROTALISM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACILMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CROTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROTALISM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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