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CANDIRU
Definition of CANDIRU
noun
A small parasitic catfish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon river, rumored to swim up male urethras.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese candiru, from Nheengatu kandirú.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (258)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANDIRU · 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.
CANDIRU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANDIRU starts with C and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ACDINRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found CANDIRU?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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