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CACONYMS
Definition of CACONYMS
noun
plural of caconym
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Word DNA
CACONYMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CACONYM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,469)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CACONYM · 1 relative 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.
CACONYMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CACONYMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCMNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CACONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CACONYMS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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