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CROTALUM
Definition of CROTALUM
noun
A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin crotalum, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”). Doublet of crotal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,600)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
CROTALUM 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 found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CROTALUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACLMORTU - 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 CROTALUM?
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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