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CANDIDNESS
Definition of CANDIDNESS
noun
The quality of being candid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From candid + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANDIDNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CANDIDNESS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEINNSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, D and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CANDID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANDIDNESS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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