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CULTUS
Definition of CULTUS
noun
Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cultus (“cultivation, culture”). See cult.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% 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.
CULTUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CULTUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CLSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CULTUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CULTUS?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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