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CAFETORIUM
Definition of CAFETORIUM
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of cafeteria + auditorium. First attested in the around 1950.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CAFETORIUM · 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.
CAFETORIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAFETORIUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIMORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAFETO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CAFETORIUM?
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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