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CANDOR
Definition of CANDOR
noun
The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“to shine”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANDOR · 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.
CANDOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CANDOR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CANDOR?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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