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LITERATUS
Definition of LITERATUS
noun
A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin līterātus, litterātus. Doublet of literate and literato.
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.
LITERATUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITERATUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start LITERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LITERATUS?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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