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CAMBRIC

7 letters

Definition of CAMBRIC

noun

A finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Cambrai, a French commune where it was manufactured.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

7.2%

of traced words share this origin (2,087)

Romance

branch · 15.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, CAMBRIC · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CAMBRIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 2 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
137
First board
140
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

disheveleddryad

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CAMBRIC
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CAMBRIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ABCCIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.

Words that start CAMBRI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CAMBRIC?

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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.

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