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CANNOLIS
Definition of CANNOLIS
noun
plural of cannoli
noun
A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.
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Word DNA
CANNOLIS inherits its ancestry from its root, CANNOLI.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,419)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANNOLI · 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.
CANNOLIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 166, 2 November 2026.
Built from these letters
CANNOLIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACILNNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CANNOLIS?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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