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CADENCE
Definition of CADENCE
noun
The act or state of declining or sinking.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French cadence, from Old Italian cadenza (“conclusion of a phrase of music”), from Latin *cadentia (literally “a falling”), form of cadēns, the present participle of cadō (“to fall, to cease”). The Latin verb is inherited, via Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad-e- (“to fall”, thematic present). Doublet of cadenza and chance.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, CADENCE · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CADENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CADENCE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCDEEN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Words that start CADENC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CADENCE?
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