Definitions for outcast

outcast out·cast

Spelling: [out-kast, -kahst]
IPA: /ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑst/

Outcast is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in outcast (acosttu).

Definitions for outcast

noun

  1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
  2. a homeless wanderer; vagabond.
  3. rejected matter; refuse.
  4. a falling out; quarrel.

adjective

  1. cast out, as from one's home or society:
  2. pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast:
  3. rejected or discarded:

Origin of outcast

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at out-, cast

Examples for outcast

Then Mr. Wilde told Vance he could go; and he went, shambling like an outcast of the slums.

Note: The outcast princess is represented as “herding sheep.”

He was a vagabond and an outcast, and scenes of horror were not new to him.

In the court of public opinion, he would have been an outcast.

There will be left of it but one unprincipled woman—and she wretched and an outcast.

“When you leave Lampo, you become an ‘outcast’ regardless of the reasons,” another former employee said.

All this must have seemed the veriest irony when addressed to an outcast Jew.

He found himself an outcast in the midst of the populous camp.

outcast by his family, fired from his job and on the run, he says his life is in pieces.

It is no wonder that he constantly preached about our welcome of the stranger and our compassion for the outcast.

Word Value for outcast
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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