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CADE
Definition of CADE
adjective
abandoned by its mother and reared by hand
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CADE · 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.
CADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CADE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDE - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CADE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CADE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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