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GROTTO
Definition of GROTTO
noun
A small cave.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt. The Philippine sense is from the holy cave in Lourdes, France.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GROTTO · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GROTTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
GROTTO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GOORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GROTTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GROTTO?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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