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CANDELABRUM
Definition of CANDELABRUM
noun
A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla. Doublet of chandelier. Displaced native Old English candeltrēow (literally “candle tree”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANDELABRUM · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANDELABRUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANDELABRUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AABCDELMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CANDELA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANDELABRUM?
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