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CANNULAS

8 letters

Definition of CANNULAS

noun

plural of cannula

CANNULA

noun

A tube inserted into the body to drain or inject fluid.

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Word DNA

CANNULAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CANNULA.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,145)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-ula-ulusreed-

Same root, CANNULA · 11 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.

CANNULAS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 165
Its one board, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
26
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First ever to find it

jluck

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CANNULAS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CANNULAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACLNNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start CANNUL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CANNULAS?

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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