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CAMOUFLETS
Definition of CAMOUFLETS
noun
plural of camouflet
noun
The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
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Word DNA
CAMOUFLETS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAMOUFLET.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% 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.
CAMOUFLETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAMOUFLETS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEFLMOSTU - 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.
Could you have found CAMOUFLETS?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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