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CALDERA
Definition of CALDERA
noun
A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CALDERA · 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.
CALDERA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CALDERA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDELR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CALDERA?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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