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CANDLEBERRY
Definition of CANDLEBERRY
noun
Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From candle + berry: the waxy coating on the fruits of several species was traditionally used to make candles.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANDLEBERRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANDLEBERRY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEELNRRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CANDLEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANDLEBERRY?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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