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CAMOUFLET
Definition of CAMOUFLET
noun
The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French camouflet.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAMOUFLET · 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.
CAMOUFLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CAMOUFLET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEFLMOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAMOUF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CAMOUFLET?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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