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CANEPHORE

9 letters

Definition of CANEPHORE

noun

Alternative form of canephora.

CANEPHORA

noun

A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.

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Word DNA

CANEPHORE inherits its ancestry from its root, CANEPHORA.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,569)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, CANEPHORA · 5 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CANEPHORE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 158
Its 4 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
84
First board
134
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First ever to find it

tmwallace1

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CANEPHORE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CANEPHORE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start CANEPH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CANEPHORE?

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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.

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