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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).
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 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
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.
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