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CAMAIL
Definition of CAMAIL
noun
A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed in the late 1600s from French camail, from Old Occitan capmalh.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Occitan
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
48th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (48)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAMAIL · 2 relatives 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.
CAMAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAMAIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found CAMAIL?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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