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CAMPHOR
Definition of CAMPHOR
noun
A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), in turn from an Austronesian word such as Malay kapur.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- Arabic
- Latin
- Old French
- English
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (100)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAMPHOR · 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.
CAMPHOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 286 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAMPHOR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACHMOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAMPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found CAMPHOR?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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