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WILDCAT
Definition of WILDCAT
noun
A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically: Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat. A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx. Any feral cat. Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat. Cognate with Middle Low German wiltkatte, German Wildkatze, Swedish vildkatt. Its adjectival senses were originally American and derived from the "wildcat banks" of Michigan, following its elevation to statehood in 1837. Two laws—one easing the requirements for establishing a new bank and another occasioned by the Panic of 1837 that removed the need for payment in specie—led to the creation and collapse of around 50 banks within two years. The term is apocryphally derived from a wildcat supposedly featured on the currency printed by one of these banks, but more probably derived from the remote locations "where the wildcats roamed" chosen by these banks to avoid oversight and minimize redemption of notes.
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.
WILDCAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
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Built from these letters
WILDCAT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDILTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WILDCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
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