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CANONICALS
Definition of CANONICALS
noun
plural of canonical
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Word DNA
CANONICALS inherits its ancestry from its root, CANONICAL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANONICAL · 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.
CANONICALS 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 6 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
CANONICALS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACCILNNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, A and N appear more than once.
Words that start CANONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANONICALS?
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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