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CANNAS
Definition of CANNAS
noun
plural of canna
noun
Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
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Word DNA
CANNAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CANNA.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANNA · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Aramaic, Hebrew.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANNAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANNAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACNNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CANNAS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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