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CABLE
Definition of CABLE
noun
A long object used to make a physical connection. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
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Where it comes from
Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.
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.
CABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CABLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CABLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CABLE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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