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CAMBIUM
Definition of CAMBIUM
noun
A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin cambium (“a change”), from Gaulish. Doublet of change.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAMBIUM · 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.
CAMBIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAMBIUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABCIMMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Could you have found CAMBIUM?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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