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CANDELAS
Definition of CANDELAS
noun
plural of candela
noun
In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd
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Word DNA
CANDELAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CANDELA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANDELA · 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.
CANDELAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANDELAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDELNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CANDEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CANDELAS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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